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sockets and file locking

Hi

I've written a client/server using sockets but I get client sends
intermixed at the server recieves. I was thinking that a locking file
used as the connection might help. Any ideas anyone?

It would be great if it worked on Unix and Windows.

Nigel
Jul 18 '05 #1
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