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From: datri@convex.com (Anthony A. Datri)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mips
Subject: Re: file locking
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Date: 10 Dec 90 23:23:59 GMT
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>     flock is emulated using the fcntl(2) mechanism and so file
>     locks obtained through the fcntl(2) and lockf(3) mechanisms
>     interact with those acquired via flock.

If this is true, Mips is the first vendor that I've seen do it.  One
problem is that lockf/fcntl uses rpc.lockd, which I've not seen be
solid on any platform.

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