-p on LOOKUPs - further clarification?

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 04:10:36PM -0400, Bruce Easton wrote:
> Jay R. Ashworth wrote Friday, June 15, 2007 2:42 PM:
> > 
> [..]
> > 
> > So, when you say -p, filePro write locks the target record (and
> > associated index records) *while it is writing that data item* -- and
> > unlocks it automagically afterwards?
> 
> The lookup with the -p indicates that the record is locked as soon 
> as it is accessed, not while it is writing.  If the record is already 
> locked, then filepro will wait until the record is unlocked before it
> accesses it for writing by someone else.  (See the description of -w 
> flag in online help for another option with different behavior.)  In 
> regards to the effects of the "write" command, as Jeff indicated, 
> also see the "close" command.  

Yeah, but that doesn't get to the heart of what I was after: will a
lookup -P on *one* tag to a file block a lookup -P on a *different* tag
*to the same file*, in a given table?

Cheers,
-- jra
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