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From: new@udel.edu (Darren New)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Help needed on AmigaDos Locks
Keywords: Lock,Help,AmigaDos
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Date: 10 Jan 90 17:11:52 GMT
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In article <2754@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US> caw@jolnet.UUCP (Chris Wichura) writes:
>A much more useful function would be a way to open a file based on the
>lock you have instead of having to go though some crap like use ARP's

It's in there (Ooooh I always wanted to say that).  I've got documentation
somewhere that says basically zero everything in the file handle except
set the buffer pointers to -1 and then put in the Lock and your file
is open.  Supported?  It's in official docs somewhere, so I guess so.
		  -- Darren