# Re: Running on a port other than 8333

Post by: satoshi on September 12, 2010, 05:40:20 PM

Quote from: lachesis on August 10, 2010, 03:24:55 PM

> ~~Also, does Bitcoin open the BerkeleyDB as exclusive, precluding the need for a file lock?~~It does not -- did my own tests.

Is there a way to open BerkeleyDB exclusive?

DB\_PRIVATE is the worst of both worlds.  DB\_PRIVATE is not exclusive, but it does make it get screwed up if another process tries to access it at the same time.

I've dropped the DB\_PRIVATE flag in rev 153.

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