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- flock options fileId ?start? ?length? ?origin?
- This command places a lock on all or part of the file
- specified by fileId. The lock is either advisory or
- mandatory, depending on the mode bits of the file. The
- lock is placed beginning at relative byte offset start
- for length bytes. If start or length is omitted or
- empty, zero is assumed. If length is zero, then the
- lock always extents to end of file, even if the file
- grows. If origin is "start", then the offset is rela-
- tive to the beginning of the file. If it is "current",
- it is relative to the current access position in the
- file. If it is "end", then it is relative to the end-
- of-file (a negative is before the EOF, positive is
- after). If origin is omitted, start is assumed.
-
- The following options are recognized:
-
- -read - Place a read lock on the file. Multiple
- processes may be accessing the file with read-locks.
-
- -write - Place a write lock on the file. Only one pro-
- cess may be accessing a file if there is a write lock.
-
- -nowait - If specified, then the process will not block
- if the lock can not be obtained. With this option, the
- command returns 1 if the lock is obtained and 0 if it
- is not.
-
- See your system's fcntl system call documentation for
- full details of the behavior of file locking. If lock-
- ing is being done on ranges of a file, it is best to
- use unbuffered file access (see the fcntl command).
-