Aucb.565
fa.editor-p
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Mon Mar  1 15:29:40 1982
Concurrent File Access
>From Schoen@SUMEX-AIM Mon Mar  1 15:27:03 1982
Tenex does indeed prohibit multiple writers of the same file (unless in
thawed mode -- same as Tops-20).  The problem with opening the source
file read/write is that unless you are a wheel (we're talking Tenex/Tops-20
specifically now), the operating system updates the file's write date
for you.  This may be undesirable when trying to maintain a history of
source changes with corresponding write dates of old versions of files.

Eric
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