[Python-Dev] Does Python need a file locking module (slightly higher level)?

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Fri Oct 26 07:51:00 CEST 2007

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> I don't think file locking will ever work over NFS, since
> it's a stateless protocol by design

NFS is stateless, but the NFS locking protocol (NLM) is not.

Regards,
Martin

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