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- FLOCK(2) UNIX Programmer's Manual FLOCK(2)
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- NNAAMMEE
- fflloocckk - apply or remove an advisory lock on an open file
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- SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
- ##iinncclluuddee <<ssyyss//ffiillee..hh>>
- ##ddeeffiinnee LLOOCCKK__SSHH 11 //** sshhaarreedd lloocckk **//
- ##ddeeffiinnee LLOOCCKK__EEXX 22 //** eexxcclluussiivvee lloocckk **//
- ##ddeeffiinnee LLOOCCKK__NNBB 44 //** ddoonn''tt bblloocckk wwhheenn lloocckkiinngg **//
- ##ddeeffiinnee LLOOCCKK__UUNN 88 //** uunnlloocckk **//
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- _i_n_t
- fflloocckk(_i_n_t _f_d, _i_n_t _o_p_e_r_a_t_i_o_n)
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- DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
- FFlloocckk() applies or removes an _a_d_v_i_s_o_r_y lock on the file associated with
- the file descriptor _f_d. A lock is applied by specifying an _o_p_e_r_a_t_i_o_n pa-
- rameter that is one of LOCK_SH or LOCK_EX with the optional addition of
- LOCK_NB. To unlock an existing lock operation should be LOCK_UN.
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- Advisory locks allow cooperating processes to perform consistent opera-
- tions on files, but do not guarantee consistency (i.e., processes may
- still access files without using advisory locks possibly resulting in in-
- consistencies).
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- The locking mechanism allows two types of locks: _s_h_a_r_e_d locks and
- _e_x_c_l_u_s_i_v_e locks. At any time multiple shared locks may be applied to a
- file, but at no time are multiple exclusive, or both shared and exclu-
- sive, locks allowed simultaneously on a file.
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- A shared lock may be _u_p_g_r_a_d_e_d to an exclusive lock, and vice versa, sim-
- ply by specifying the appropriate lock type; this results in the previous
- lock being released and the new lock applied (possibly after other pro-
- cesses have gained and released the lock).
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- Requesting a lock on an object that is already locked normally causes the
- caller to be blocked until the lock may be acquired. If LOCK_NB is in-
- cluded in _o_p_e_r_a_t_i_o_n, then this will not happen; instead the call will
- fail and the error EWOULDBLOCK will be returned.
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- NNOOTTEESS
- Locks are on files, not file descriptors. That is, file descriptors du-
- plicated through dup(2) or fork(2) do not result in multiple instances of
- a lock, but rather multiple references to a single lock. If a process
- holding a lock on a file forks and the child explicitly unlocks the file,
- the parent will lose its lock.
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- Processes blocked awaiting a lock may be awakened by signals.
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- RREETTUURRNN VVAALLUUEESS
- Zero is returned if the operation was successful; on an error a -1 is re-
- turned and an error code is left in the global location _e_r_r_n_o.
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- EERRRROORRSS
- The fflloocckk() call fails if:
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- [EWOULDBLOCK]
- The file is locked and the LOCK_NB option was specified.
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- [EBADF] The argument _f_d is an invalid descriptor.
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- [EINVAL] The argument _f_d refers to an object other than a file.
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- SSEEEE AALLSSOO
- open(2), close(2), dup(2), execve(2), fork(2)
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- HHIISSTTOORRYY
- The fflloocckk() function call appeared in 4.2BSD.
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- 4.2 Berkeley Distribution December 11, 1993 2
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