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| -rw-r--r-- | lib-src/movemail.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib-src/movemail.c b/lib-src/movemail.c index 36a837e9310..7160ae206cb 100644 --- a/lib-src/movemail.c +++ b/lib-src/movemail.c @@ -251,11 +251,14 @@ main (argc, argv) break; sleep (1); - /* If lock file is a minute old, unlock it. */ + /* If lock file is five minutes old, unlock it. + Five minutes should be good enough to cope with crashes + and wedgitude, and long enough to avoid being fooled + by time differences between machines. */ if (stat (lockname, &st) >= 0) { now = time (0); - if (st.st_ctime < now - 60) + if (st.st_ctime < now - 300) unlink (lockname); } } |