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- flock options handle [start] [length] [origin]
- This command places a lock on all or part of the file
- specified by handle. The lock is either advisory or
- mandatory, depending on the mode bits of the file. The
- lock is placed beginning at relative byte offset start
- for length bytes. If start or length is omitted or
- empty, zero is assumed. If length is zero, then the
- lock always extents to end of file, even if the file
- grows. If origin is "start", then the offset is
- relative to the beginning of the file. If it is
- "current", it is relative to the current access
- position in the file. If it is "end", then it is
- relative to the end-of-file (a negative is before the
- EOF, positive is after). If origin is omitted, start
- is assumed.
-
- The following options are recognized:
-
- -read - Place a read lock on the file. Multiple
- processes may be accessing the file with read-locks.
-
- -write - Place a write lock on the file. Only one
- process may be accessing a file if there is a write
- lock.
-
- -nowait - If specified, then the process will not block
- if the lock can not be obtained. With this option, the
- command returns 1 if the lock is obtained and 0 if it
- is not.
-
- See your system's fcntl system call documentation for
- full details of the behavior of file locking. If
- locking is being done on ranges of a file, it is best
- to use unbuffered file access (see the fcntl command).
-