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		Apofis on May 8, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenBSD cron(8) now supports random ranges with st... Lock files in scripts are actually pretty unreliable, learned this the really hard way and the lesson cost $10's of thousands of dollars.

r3trohack3r on May 9, 2023 [–]

Surprised to see this, mind sharing the experience?

How did the lock fail? Was there a more reliable fix?

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