Thanks Raul,

From your link it looks to me that only DOS (windows?) and the Mac operating 
system are supported for locking. Am I correct with this interpretation.

Also because I am not familiar with the source code, what does this 
documentation indicate about the changes Devon proposed to 1!:20 and 1!:30 and 
I proposed for 1!:32?

Cheers, bob

> On Jan 29, 2023, at 12:13, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> It may be helpful, here to look at the list of 1!:n commands in J's source 
> code
> 
> https://github.com/jsoftware/jsource/blob/master/jsrc/x.c#L77
> 
> The names are in two columns (monadic, dyadic) and many of the names
> are usefully descriptive. (They all begin with jt which isn't relevant
> here, but the part which follows is a good sanity check on their
> functionality.)
> 
> Note also that the file locking functions only work on certain
> operating systems.
> 
> FYI,
> 
> -- 
> Raul
> 
> On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 3:04 PM 'robert therriault' via General
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Yep, I agree
>> 
>> Also, that 1!:32 should have
>> 
>> filenumber,start,length
>> filenumber is a file number from 1!:21
>> 
>> changed to:
>> 
>> filenumber,start,length
>> filenumber is a file number from 1!:30
>> 
>> I will make the changes in a couple of hours, unless someone shows me to be 
>> mistaken (or makes the change first)
>> 
>> Note: this is a case where the discussion page could be used, if we get in 
>> the habit of monitoring them.
>> 
>> Cheers, bob
>> 
>>> On Jan 29, 2023, at 11:42, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> These look reversed:
>>> 
>>> Open Files    20     ''  _    A table where each row
>>> contains filenumber;filename representing one file opened by 1!:*31*
>>> Locks           30     ''  _     A table where each row
>>> contains filenumber,start,length representing one lock established by 1!:
>>> *21*
>>> 
>>> because 1!:31 is "Lock File Region" whereas 1!:21 is "Open".
>>> 
>>> On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 1:45 PM 'robert therriault' via General <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I went in to fix it, but Raul had already beaten me to it!
>>>> 
>>>> Ian, if you have the time, we can always use sharp eyes to make wiki
>>>> corrections. All you need to do is sign up.
>>>> https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/About
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers, bob
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jan 29, 2023, at 03:30, 'Ian Shannon' via General <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi there,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Just a short note about the wiki.
>>>>> 
>>>>> On
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/Foreigns
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Under the heading     m=1 (Files)
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> It has
>>>>> 
>>>>> Action                x(if any)     n       y       Rank          Result
>>>>> 
>>>>> Locks                 -               30      ''       _
>>>>     A table where each row contains
>>>>> 
>>>> filenumber, start, length
>>>>> 
>>>> representing one lock established by 1!:21
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> It should be
>>>>> 
>>>>> representing one lock established by 1!:31
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ian
>>>>> Ian Shannon
>>>>> Undertaking rigorous statistics in support of the NSW environment
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