Re: lock file locations and names for serial devices

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
7 Apr 1998 00:51:44 GMT

Followup to: <3528E001.6939C16F@pagestation.com>
By author: Jerry Geis <geisj@pagestation.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> What are the lock file locations for serial devices
> for slackware and redhat?
>
> I think slackware is /var/spool/locks with name LCK..ttyS0
> what is redhat directory and name? Is it the same?
>

This is not a kernel question, but the right directory is /var/lock
with names as you described. Any distribution that doesn't use
/var/lock is FSSTND/FHS noncompliant.

-hpa

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