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From: rogerk@mips.COM (Roger B.A. Klorese)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mips
Subject: Re: f77 open
Message-ID: <33819@mips.mips.COM>
Date: 18 Dec 89 15:41:02 GMT
References: <1989Dec18.061905.29309@sobmips.UUCP>
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Reply-To: rogerk@mips.COM (Roger B.A. Klorese)
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In article <1989Dec18.061905.29309@sobmips.UUCP> laporte@sobmips.UUCP (p.laporte) writes:
>Using f77 version 2.0 we have not been able to lock a file when we open it.
>These is a SHARED option to allow other programs to read the file
>but the files it seems are always in SHARED. How can we specify
>that we want the file locked to other users ?

Locking is not provided for data files opened via the F77 OPEN statement.
The SHARED option is a no-op provided for compatibility with VMS source
decks.

If you wish to see this capability added, please submit an enhancement
request on a bug report form for consideration.
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ROGER B.A. KLORESE      MIPS Computer Systems, Inc.      phone: +1 408 720-2939
928 E. Arques Ave.  Sunnyvale, CA  94086                        rogerk@mips.COM
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