Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 01:52:17 -0500 From: Jacques Vidrine <n@nectar.com> To: joelh@gnu.org Cc: mcgovern@spoon.beta.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: O_SHLOCK and O_EXLOCK during open... (locking for devices?) Message-ID: <E0z4JuL-0004PY-00@spawn.nectar.com> In-Reply-To: <199808060549.AAA13226@detlev.UUCP> References: <199807311744.NAA13956@spoon.beta.com> <199808060549.AAA13226@detlev.UUCP>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Huh? Sure, O_SHLOCK and O_EXLOCK are advisory, but so are lock files. Applications are free to ignore any of them. Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / jvidrine@verio.net / nectar@FreeBSD.org On 6 August 1998 at 0:49, Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org> wrote: > O_SHLOCK and O_EXLOCK are advisory, not mandatory. In other words, > the apps are going to ignore them anyway. Lock files are the way to > go. > > Best, > joelh -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNclSoTeRhT8JRySpAQE+uQP/U/6HczSAzqRNpZ0H+djGgxZs5h90WEXp YqgLMjvT0EErxtB0TMVE56LmB+Kcevwm+WVpf9NqI+OBjvzBr8MKfVHV1hTmakgW c3dRBeZu8MoO2tXy1AR1VlK6jE9SntHaTO+4adlCSRijlz5cnGTkj1PKy4OarWmD CAEMlx24SuE= =/CfV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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