From owner-cvs-all Tue Jul 7 04:06:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA08959 for cvs-all-outgoing; Tue, 7 Jul 1998 04:06:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from implode.root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA08894; Tue, 7 Jul 1998 04:05:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA22543; Tue, 7 Jul 1998 04:03:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199807071103.EAA22543@implode.root.com> To: Dmitrij Tejblum cc: committers@FreeBSD.ORG, dt@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lockf() In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 07 Jul 1998 13:56:57 +0400." <199807070956.NAA02910@tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 04:03:32 -0700 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk >Any unix in the world, including NetBSD, but excluding FreeBSD, have >the lockf() function call. I can easy obtain it from NetBSD. > >Does somebody have objections/suggestions/whatever else? I'm familiar with flock(), which FreeBSD of course has, but what does "lockf()" do? -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message