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From: schaefer@z-code.ncd.com (Barton E. Schaefer)
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On Apr 10,  6:08pm, Anthony Heading wrote:
} Subject: Re: History file locking?
}
} More than it's worth for the history.  But wouldn't it make a rather nice
} general-purpose builtin?  `lockfile' from procmail is a pretty useful
} utility - to have equivalent functionality in zsh would be great.

I think this one falls in the category of "if you can do it with an
external process, it doesn't belong in the shell".

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