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From: rick@seismo.CSS.GOV (Rick Adams)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: lockf() without fcntl interface?
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Date: Wed, 18-Mar-87 13:18:41 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 18 13:18:41 1987
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Are there any unix implementations that offer a SVID lockf() compatible
file locking that do NOT also support the same locking via fcntl()?

I.e. if I do
	fcntl(fd,F_SETLK,&flockstruct)
where
flockstruct specifies a l_type of F_RDLCK, will it NOT work on a system
that supports the flock() call?

---rick