From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Aug 5 23:53:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA12007 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 23:53:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from spawn.nectar.com (spawn.nectar.com [204.27.67.86]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA12001 for ; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 23:53:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nectar@spawn.nectar.com) Received: from localhost.nectar.com ([127.0.0.1] helo=spawn.nectar.com) by spawn.nectar.com with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #1) id 0z4JuL-0004PY-00; Thu, 6 Aug 1998 01:52:17 -0500 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 X-PGP-RSAfprint: 00 F9 E6 A2 C5 4D 0A 76 26 8B 8B 57 73 D0 DE EE X-PGP-RSAkey: http://www.nectar.com/nectar-pgp262.txt From: Jacques Vidrine In-reply-to: <199808060549.AAA13226@detlev.UUCP> References: <199807311744.NAA13956@spoon.beta.com> <199808060549.AAA13226@detlev.UUCP> Subject: Re: O_SHLOCK and O_EXLOCK during open... (locking for devices?) To: joelh@gnu.org cc: mcgovern@spoon.beta.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 01:52:17 -0500 Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -----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 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