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Abdulkareem
Abdulkareem

Reputation: 119

one txt file used by many users in the server

I have a .txt file in a server which will be used for writing enormous data and then reading the data each time the user login in the system .

my question is this:

The total number of users which will be using the system is around 5000 on their suitable time. I am just worried about closing ,opening , reading and writing to the same file and for multiple users on the same time. can you advice if it is safe and it will work.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 409

Answers (1)

kevin hendrickx
kevin hendrickx

Reputation: 116

The problem you are worried about is called a race condition. Concurrency control is what controls concurrent access to a resource.

The easiest way to avoid race conditions is to use mutex locks. This way only one person at a time can access it. Note that you cannot write your own lock systems since it still has a race condition. A mutex must be part of the language. The problem with a lock is that the other person has to wait for access.

The best way is to just use a database as suggested and let that handle the concurrency.

Upvotes: 1

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