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From: hbergh@oracle.nl (Herbert van den Bergh)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: locking a named pipe with fcntl( ,F_SETLK, ) doesn't work
Keywords: fcntl lock named pipe
Message-ID: <953@nlsun1.oracle.nl>
Date: 12 Sep 90 21:42:14 GMT
Organization: Oracle Europe, The Netherlands
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I tried to lock a named pipe from a C program by calling
fcntl() with the F_SETLK command.
The fcntl() always returns -1 with errno set to EINVAL.
The same call, with the same parameters, does work on regular files.
I can't find anything in InfoExplorer that explains this.

Are locks on named pipes not supported?
How do I keep other processes from getting at them?

If you are interested in more details, I can mail you a small test
case to demonstrate this.

Thanks.
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