yaloner
Reputation: 758
Linux file locking in C - Can flock() be mandatory?
As a C rookie I was just reading about locks and saw here that it is possible to enable mandatory locking in Linux to use with fcntl(). Is it possible to use other locking functions like flock() as mandatory locks?
Upvotes: 0
Views: 414
Answers (1)
CL.
Reputation: 180280
No.
If the semantics of flock() changed, all programs that rely on these locks being advisory would break.
Upvotes: 1
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