Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: net.arch Subject: Re: RMS v/s UNIX (non-religious) Message-ID: <5178@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Mar-85 14:29:55 EST Article-I.D.: utzoo.5178 Posted: Wed Mar 6 14:29:55 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 6-Mar-85 14:29:55 EST References: <917@sjuvax.UUCP> <538@rlgvax.UUCP>, <2799@dartvax.UUCP> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 8 > As a miniumum, by default if one process has a file open with write > permission no other process should be able to read or write that file. Of course, this means that (for example) you can't read a log file as it is being produced to watch what's happening. -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry