safe simultaneous file append?

[Grant Edwards]

In article <1cv2st0g180m0cfoloqf99s5pofe4pmi32 at 4ax.com>, Dale Strickland-Clark wrote:

> Erk! There's a recipee for disaster unless treated very carefully. 
> Handy if you're careful, though, I guess.

That pretty much sums up the Unix philosophy...

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