[Twisted-Python] Twisted and symlink
Laurens Van Houtven
_ at lvh.io
Tue Jan 21 12:41:08 MST 2014
Hi Toph,
On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Toph Bei Fong <toph_ut at yahoo.de> wrote:
> i was trying to port Python, Twisted, etc.. to VxWorks.
>
Ooh, exciting :)
> My Problem now is: twisted/python/lockfile.py (import symlink).
> VxWorks doenst support symlink.
>
> My Questions are:
> * For what is the symlink used?
>
Symlinks are used for lockfiles.
> * Can i disable them?
>
Well, maybe. Is there some way to create an atomic filesystem lock on
VxWorks?
> * Is there an old version without symlink?
>
Probably not a reasonable version, no.
Is there any other alternative or solution for the symlink?
>
Sure. That module implements an alternative for Windows. I would guess that
you would need one for VxWorks as well.
hth
lvh
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