_locking
Locks or unlocks bytes of a file.
int _locking( int fd, int mode, long nbytes );
_locking returns 0 if successful. A return value of –1 indicates failure, in which case errno is set to one of the following values.
If the failure is due to a bad parameter, such as an invalid file descriptor, the invalid parameter handler is invoked, as described in Parameter Validation.
The _locking function locks or unlocks nbytes bytes of the file specified by fd. Locking bytes in a file prevents access to those bytes by other processes. All locking or unlocking begins at the current position of the file pointer and proceeds for the next nbytes bytes. It is possible to lock bytes past end of file.
mode must be one of the following manifest constants, which are defined in Locking.h.
Multiple regions of a file that do not overlap can be locked. A region being unlocked must have been previously locked. _locking does not merge adjacent regions; if two locked regions are adjacent, each region must be unlocked separately. Regions should be locked only briefly and should be unlocked before closing a file or exiting the program.
|
Routine |
Required header |
Optional header |
|---|---|---|
|
_locking |
<io.h> and <sys/locking.h> |
<errno.h> |
For more compatibility information, see Compatibility in the Introduction.
Libraries
All versions of the C run-time libraries.
// crt_locking.c
/* This program opens a file with sharing. It locks
* some bytes before reading them, then unlocks them. Note that the
* program works correctly only if the file exists.
*/
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/locking.h>
#include <share.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <io.h>
int main( void )
{
int fh, numread;
char buffer[40];
/* Quit if can't open file or system doesn't
* support sharing.
*/
errno_t err = _sopen_s( &fh, "crt_locking.txt", _O_RDONLY, _SH_DENYNO,
_S_IREAD | _S_IWRITE );
printf( "%d %d\n", err, fh );
if( err != 0 )
exit( 1 );
/* Lock some bytes and read them. Then unlock. */
if( _locking( fh, LK_NBLCK, 30L ) != -1 )
{
long lseek_ret;
printf( "No one can change these bytes while I'm reading them\n" );
numread = _read( fh, buffer, 30 );
buffer[30] = '\0';
printf( "%d bytes read: %.30s\n", numread, buffer );
lseek_ret = _lseek( fh, 0L, SEEK_SET );
_locking( fh, LK_UNLCK, 30L );
printf( "Now I'm done. Do what you will with them\n" );
}
else
perror( "Locking failed\n" );
_close( fh );
}
