Sorry, ever since I saw the Architect in Matrix-reloaded, I always wanted to use the term "visavis" in a sentence - I have no idea what it means.

I want to clear-up something in my own mind, and ask anyone that is currently doing this to verify my assumptions.

Reading and writing to INI files during the login process.

We have always stated (warned) that WRITING to a common INI file during login can and may fail intermittently when two user's try to write to it at the same time, think we know this as a fact, ja ?

But - is it true that simply READING from an INI file definitely 100% does not cause this to happen. My assumption is that when Kixtart does an INI read, it opens the file read-only and does the read. If all user's are readiing it should never fail. If writing, it would quickly open the file for write, write, then close file. Thus, opportunity for collision.

Or - does it treat all IO as a potential write and open it read/write anyways. Can anyone that has much experience with just READING INI files during the login script share their experience ?

Is just reading bullet-proof ?

-Shawn