filelock/region_locking.h

This is filelock/region_locking.h, an example to accompany the book, The Linux Programming Interface.

This file is not printed in the book; it is the header file for region_locking.c (Listing 55-3, page 1134).

The source code file is copyright 2024, Michael Kerrisk, and is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3.

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/* region_locking.h

   Header file for region_locking.c.
*/
#ifndef REGION_LOCKING_H
#define REGION_LOCKING_H

#include <sys/types.h>

int lockRegion(int fd, int type, int whence, int start, int len);

int lockRegionWait(int fd, int type, int whence, int start, int len);

pid_t regionIsLocked(int fd, int type, int whence, int start, int len);

#endif

 

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