http://disjointthoughts.com/2007/01/15/file-locking-in-ruby-using-flock/ Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:29:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://disjointthoughts.com/2007/01/15/file-locking-in-ruby-using-flock/comment-page-1/#comment-15315 TOGoS Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:50:38 +0000 http://disjointthoughts.com/?p=134#comment-15315 Makes sense - when you open in 'w' mode the file is truncated *before* you get the lock on it. So the reader will sometimes read the file after you truncate it but before the writer writes the data! Makes sense – when you open in ‘w’ mode the file is truncated *before* you get the lock on it. So the reader will sometimes read the file after you truncate it but before the writer writes the data!

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