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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: gcc and lockf
Date: 14 May 1997 09:46:41 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <01bc6039$e6f2b780$c90a0ac8@adam>,
"Adam Bisbe" <adam@nexus.es> writes:
> Hi:
>
> I need a c function called "lockf" and cannot find it on the distribution,
> could someone tell me which library I have to install to get it. (Its a
> function that locks a part of a file).
> Thank you
You want flock(2) or fcntl(2).
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !