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author | Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> | 2003-01-15 21:08:19 (GMT) |
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committer | Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> | 2003-01-15 21:08:19 (GMT) |
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reference the os module and the lock flags in the os.open() function.
(Someone please review what I wrote for accuracy.)
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfcntl.tex b/Doc/lib/libfcntl.tex index 33a5893..645a97e 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libfcntl.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libfcntl.tex @@ -118,3 +118,11 @@ hold an integer value; in the second example it will hold a string value. The structure lay-out for the \var{lockdata} variable is system dependent --- therefore using the \function{flock()} call may be better. + +\begin{seealso} + \seemodule{os}{The \function{os.open} function supports locking flags + and is available on a wider variety of platforms than + the \function{fcntl.lockf} and \function{fcntl.flock} + functions, providing a more platform-independent file + locking facility.} +\end{seealso} |