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From: jalvarez@uno.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: lockf on FreeBSD ?
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 96 15:43:02 PDT
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Is there a lockf or locking function available on FreeBSD ?
If so, which library/header file are they on ? These are the
functions used on other systems to lock a range of bytes on a
file.

Thanks,
--Jesus Alvarez
  Software UNO