sys_flock(9)

sys_flock9

Flock system call.

Usage

long sys_flock(unsigned int fd, unsigned int cmd);

Arguments

fd

the file descriptor to lock.

cmd

the type of lock to apply.

Overview

Apply a FL_FLOCK style lock to an open file descriptor. The cmd can be one of

LOCK_SH -- a shared lock.

LOCK_EX -- an exclusive lock.

LOCK_UN -- remove an existing lock.

LOCK_MAND -- a `mandatory' flock. This exists to emulate Windows Share Modes.

LOCK_MAND can be combined with LOCK_READ or LOCK_WRITE to allow other processes read and write access respectively.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 6.0
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 9

From linux-manual-4.9 4.9.228-1 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.