by NutscrapeSucks (446616) writes: IIRC, file locking is a feature implemented only by WindowsBS. File-locking is an old DOS feature he is been implemented in almost every NOS used, including OS/2 and Netware.Unix's versoin of file-locking is a kludge IMO. Not that it matters, because at this point almost every PC application expects it to work a certain way and it is not a philosophical questio