# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 806025914 0 # Node ID 80bf29e6e978e65348ae098a2986c4f3576fa892 # Parent c960e63751ec8943b366b0aafe775f11364f9ba1 Comment change. diff -r c960e63751ec -r 80bf29e6e978 lib-src/movemail.c --- a/lib-src/movemail.c Mon Jul 17 23:42:42 1995 +0000 +++ b/lib-src/movemail.c Tue Jul 18 00:05:14 1995 +0000 @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ #ifndef MAIL_USE_MMDF #ifndef MAIL_USE_SYSTEM_LOCK - /* Use a lock file named /usr/spool/mail/$USER.lock: + /* Use a lock file named after our first argument with .lock appended: If it exists, the mail file is locked. */ /* Note: this locking mechanism is *required* by the mailer (on systems which use it) to prevent loss of mail. @@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ WILL occasionally cause loss of mail due to timing errors! So, if creation of the lock file fails - due to access permission on /usr/spool/mail, + due to access permission on the mail spool directory, you simply MUST change the permission and/or make movemail a setgid program so it can create lock files properly.