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Section: Misc. Reference Manual Pages (lock)
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NAME

lock - lock or unlock a file descriptor  

SYNTAX

#include "lock.h"

int lock_ex(int fd)
int
lock_exnb(int fd)
int
lock_un(int fd)  

DESCRIPTION

lock_ex locks fd exclusively.

lock_exnb locks fd exclusively but do not block when locking.

lock_un unlocks fd.  

NOTE

The lock functions take care about the different semantics of the POSIX locking implentations given flock and lockf.


 

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