Marvin T. Pascual said: > >> How do you lock a particular file (ex. a spreadsheet file) such that >> if it is already open, other people will only have read-only access. >
i think file locking has many forms when it comes to Linux...i'm not the authority on this topic, but i was able to make my own software work before such that i opened a file using open() and fcntl-ed it to lock it. so if another instance of my software was running and trying to open the file for writing, it would pause (block) until the previous instance close()-d the file. -andre _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
