/* ** lockdemo.c -- shows off your system's file locking. Rated R. */ #include #include #include #include #include int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { /* l_type l_whence l_start l_len l_pid */ struct flock fl = { F_WRLCK, SEEK_SET, 0, 0, 0 }; int fd; fl.l_pid = getpid(); if (argc > 1) fl.l_type = F_RDLCK; if ((fd = open("lockdemo.c", O_RDWR)) == -1) { perror("open"); exit(1); } printf("Press to try to get lock: "); getchar(); printf("Trying to get lock..."); if (fcntl(fd, F_SETLKW, &fl) == -1) { perror("fcntl"); exit(1); } printf("got lock\n"); printf("Press to release lock: "); getchar(); fl.l_type = F_UNLCK; /* set to unlock same region */ if (fcntl(fd, F_SETLK, &fl) == -1) { perror("fcntl"); exit(1); } printf("Unlocked.\n"); close(fd); }