X-Git-Url: https://diplodocus.org/git/nmh/blobdiff_plain/af653199b64488e255589419e18ff768d17ddfaf..d6e398f9c:/man/mh-folders.man?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/man/mh-folders.man b/man/mh-folders.man index cc6b3462..52cde277 100644 --- a/man/mh-folders.man +++ b/man/mh-folders.man @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH MH-FOLDERS %manext5% "February 23, 2014" "%nmhversion%" +.TH MH-FOLDERS %manext5% "February 26, 2014" "%nmhversion%" .\" .\" %nmhwarning% .\" @@ -128,10 +128,24 @@ outside of that accesses these files must be sure to lock them using the same locking method as .BR nmh . -The locking method is selected when +The default data locking method is selected when .B nmh is configured and can be accessed as a string using -.BR "mhparam lockmethod" . +.BR "mhparam datalocking" . +By default, fcntl locking is used, but this may be overridden with +the +.B datalocking +profile entry. +.PP +A second, possibly different, locking method is used by +.BR inc (1) +when accessing the user's mail spool file or by +.B nmh +programs that open any mbox file. This locking method is selected +when +.B nmh +is configured and can be accessed as a string using +.BR "mhparam spoollocking" . By default, kernel-level locking is used if appropriate for the platform, and it is for popular platforms. That default should also be the same as used by the