On Thu, 2017-04-20 at 17:56 +0200, Guido Trentalancia wrote: > Hello and thanks for getting back. > > If it doesn't have any side-effect (as it should), then I think it's > preferable that the filesystem is kept clean. > > It can be confusing too: because lock files are generally considered > "active" when present in the filesystem. > > Well, you've heard my opinion and you have the very simple patch now. > Feel free to do whatever you and the authors like with it... Hmm..see for example the "DON'T unlink" section of: http://world.std.com/~swmcd/steven/tech/flock.html