Aucbvax.2774 fa.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!unix-wizards Fri Aug 21 14:08:44 1981 lock driver >From dsp.dove@MIT-SPEECH@MIT-AI Fri Aug 21 08:00:48 1981 Assume for the moment that no proc that opens one of the lock devs forks. Won't each of those minor devs that are open get called immeadiately when he who has it open closes it, since he is the only one who has it open? (same mechanism as the versatecs and line printers use) ------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.