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Re:Show HN: Lockable – sync locks for distributed systems by maest on Saturday June 18, 2022 @12:42PM (#31791474)
BTW, this is true, but that is not locking in the "sync locking" sense.
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Re:Show HN: Lockable – sync locks for distributed systems by IanCal on Saturday June 18, 2022 @05:30PM (#31794005)
It's not the intended purpose but they can be used like this. Lock files can be written, will fail if they already exist - that gets you a distributed equivalent to flock doesn't it?
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