Re: File locking issue

On 8/31/06, Nath, Alok (STSD) <alok.nath@xxxxxx> wrote:

What I am seeing is when I enable the file locking commands
the file is completely wiped out.Just zero bytes.

#use lock to write into the file
sysopen( FH, $registerFile, O_RDWR )
or die "can't open $registerFile: $!";
flock( FH, LOCK_EX)
or die "can't lock filename: $!";
truncate(FH, 0) or die "can't truncate filename: $!";

I think I know where the "zero bytes" are coming from. :-)

$twig->parsefile( $registerFile );

What are you hoping to parse from the file that you've just truncated
to zero bytes?

Hope this helps!

--Tom Phoenix
Stonehenge Perl Training
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