Re: locking files on Linux

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On 18 October 2012 14:44, andrea crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2012/10/18 Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>:
>> On 2012-10-18, andrea crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> File locks under Unix have historically been "advisory".  That means
>> that programs have to _choose_ to pay attention to them.  Most
>> programs do not.
>>
>> Linux does support mandatory locking, but it's rarely used and must be
>> manually enabled at the filesystem level. It's probably worth noting
>> that in the Linux kernel docs, the document on mandatory file locking
>> begins with a section titled "Why you should avoid mandatory locking".
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_locking#In_Unix-like_systems
>> http://kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/locks.txt
>> http://kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/mandatory-locking.txt
>> http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2012/04/linux-file-locking-types/
>> http://www.hackinglinuxexposed.com/articles/20030623.html
>>
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> Uhh I see thanks, I guess I'll use the good-old .lock file (even if it
> might have some problems too).

I think you've misunderstood what Grant meant.

>
> Anyway I'm only afraid that my same application could modify the
> files, so maybe I can instruct it to check if the file is locked.

In that case fcntl will work for you. The point is that fcntl only
locks the file if all of the applications accessing the file use
fcntl. Any other application such as vim can simply ignore the fcntl
lock. Have a read of the links that Grant posted.

Did you try writing twice from the same application that uses fcntl?

> Or maybe using sqlite would work even if writing from different
> processes?

That would also work.


Oscar

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locking files on Linux andrea crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2012-10-18 14:14 +0100
  Re: locking files on Linux Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-18 13:27 +0000
    Re: locking files on Linux andrea crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2012-10-18 14:44 +0100
      Re: locking files on Linux Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-18 13:57 +0000
        Re: locking files on Linux andrea crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2012-10-18 15:49 +0100
        Re: locking files on Linux Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2012-10-18 16:04 +0100
        Re: locking files on Linux andrea crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2012-10-18 16:08 +0100
        Re: locking files on Linux Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2012-10-18 16:31 +0100
        Re: locking files on Linux andrea crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2012-10-19 13:15 +0100
      Re: locking files on Linux Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2012-10-19 15:36 +0100
    Re: locking files on Linux Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2012-10-18 14:58 +0100

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