Bug Workaround - locking

- Added support for the "locking" configuration variable that disables
  file locking.  This can be helpful to folks who use task on Solaris,
  and store their task data files on an NFS mount.
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Paul Beckingham 2009-03-10 15:21:29 -04:00
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commit d174bb1143
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whenever the shadow file is updated by some task command.
</dd>
<dt>locking</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Determines whether task uses file locking when accessing the pending.data
and completed.data files. Default to "on". Solaris users who store
the task data files on an NFS mount may need to set locking to "off".
</p>
<p>
Note that setting this value to "off" is dangerous. It means that
another program may write to the task.pending file when task is
attempting to do the same.
</p>
</dd>
<p>
Note that the command:
</p>