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[Otavio Salvador]

Fabio Fabbri <fabio at llgp.org> writes:

> martin f krafft wrote:
>
>> while [ ! -e/var/run/my_semaphore ]; do sleep 1; done
>
> I don't consider this a semaphore. A semaphore should avoid busy
> waiting. Using my implementation, busy waiting is avoided, and the
> script can go on immediately (when the task is scheduled), without the 1
> second sleep. Exaggerating, using this kind of semaphores boot may
> become slower...

I think we can't be sure to have /var mounted at this time. Or I'm wrong?

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