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Re: C++ file locking

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Ruben Safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> writes:
> On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 01:37:38 -0700, Lukas 'Erdk' Redynk wrote:
>> On Jun 7, 2:24 pm, Ruben Safir <ru...@mrbrklyn.com> wrote:
>>> Is there any means to do file locking with C++?
>>>
>>> Ruben
>> 
>> You could try this:
>> http://linux.die.net/man/3/lockf
>> or
>> http://www.manpagez.com/man/2/fcntl/ - especially F_GETLK and F_SETLK
>> 
>> Erdk
>
>
> Yes but these both require you to get a file descriptor from the open 
> call, effectively doing an end run around ios_base.

Why precisely to you want to use a 'stream library' for file locking?
That's not exactly the purpose of it.

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C++ file locking Ruben Safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2011-06-07 18:24 +0000
  Re: C++ file locking "Lukas 'Erdk' Redynk" <mr.erdk@gmail.com> - 2011-06-08 01:37 -0700
    Re: C++ file locking Ruben Safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2011-06-10 03:54 +0000
      Re: C++ file locking Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2011-06-10 09:31 +0100
        Re: C++ file locking Ruben Safir <mrbrklyn@panix.com> - 2011-06-27 12:29 +0000
      Re: C++ file locking Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2011-06-10 16:53 +0100
      Re: C++ file locking Lew Pitcher <lpitcher@teksavvy.com> - 2011-06-10 13:45 -0400
  Re: C++ file locking Ruben Safir <mrbrklyn@panix.com> - 2011-06-26 21:55 +0000

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