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> the unix philosophy is about composing small orthogonal features in flexible ways, like lockf and flock and fcntl(F_SETLK) and fcntl(F_OFD_SETLCK) and "mandatory locking" but only if present in the kernel and the fs is mounted with "-o mand" or MS_MANDLOCK and SGID is set but not
-- From @wingo@twitter.com (aka @wingo) https://twitter.com/andywingo/status/975718647489495041
@cwebber @wingo and I believe that is the right way. How many times on Windows haven't you been stuck with a file or directory that you can't rename or remove because it's locked by some unknown competent?
Also that's the reason you have to reboot Windows so many times when doing upgrades.