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What is the .lock file extension?
Why would you need to prevent other processes or programs from accessing a file?
There could be a variety of reasons for this, but one common example is when a file is being updated or modified by one program, but another program or process could interfere with the operation or cause conflicts if it tried to access the file at the same time. The .lock file helps to avoid these conflicts by temporarily blocking that access.