Lock file not removed

[kilburn]

Quote:Or now I can simply create the entries all the time?

No, you can't.

Quote:If you are keeping the lock all the time, what's the recommended way of either lock or know that the system is working.

The software uses "flock" on this file now. Basically, you first have to open the file and then call "flock(filehandle, LOCK_EX)" to obtain an exclusive lock on it. Read the "flock" documentation, where you'll see examples of both blocking (what the engine uses, to wait until it can operate) and non-blocking calls (maybe you want to use this, so if you can't get the lock immediately an error is returned to the user).

My commit message regarding the changes gives further insights on the issue if you're interested.