"Yar Tikhiy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > Considering all the above, I'd like to add the following paragraph > to the flock(2), lockf(3), and fcntl(2) man pages (replacing the > sentence quoted from lockf(3)): > > The flock(2), fcntl(2), and lockf(3) locks are compatible. > Processes using different locking interfaces can cooperate > over the same file safely. However, only one of such > interfaces should be used within a process. If a file is
s/a process/the same process/ ? > locked by a process through flock(2), any record within the > file will be seen as locked from the viewpoint of another > process using fcntl(2) or lockf(3), and vice versa. Cyrille Lefevre. -- home: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
