Re:Backblaze has stopped backing up your data
by jcgl on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @04:10AM
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> Linux file locking is to put it mildly, deficient.
Since the introduction of flock on Linux, how bad is it really though? I don't see why one would need kludges like filename.lock. Though of course flock is still an "honor system" as you put it.
Since the introduction of flock on Linux, how bad is it really though? I don't see why one would need kludges like filename.lock. Though of course flock is still an "honor system" as you put it.