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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2000-12-14 03:11:24 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2000-12-14 03:11:24 (GMT)
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Update information on the locking() function, added the needed constants.
(Thanks for the info, Tim!)
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\subsection{File Operations \label{msvcrt-files}}
\begin{funcdesc}{locking}{fd, mode, nbytes}
- Lock part of a file based on a file descriptor from the C runtime.
- Raises \exception{IOError} on failure.
+ Lock part of a file based on file descriptor \var{fd} from the C
+ runtime. Raises \exception{IOError} on failure. The locked region
+ of the file extends from the current file position for \var{nbytes}
+ bytes, and may continue beyond the end of the file. \var{mode} must
+ be one of the \constant{LK_\var{*}} constants listed below.
+ Multiple regions in a file may be locked at the same time, but may
+ not overlap. Adjacent regions are not merged; they must be unlocked
+ individually.
\end{funcdesc}
+\begin{datadesc}{LK_LOCK}
+\dataline{LK_RLCK}
+ Locks the specified bytes. If the bytes cannot be locked, the
+ program immediately tries again after 1 second. If, after 10
+ attempts, the bytes cannot be locked, \exception{IOError} is
+ raised.
+\end{datadesc}
+
+\begin{datadesc}{LK_NBLCK}
+\dataline{LK_NBRLCK}
+ Locks the specified bytes. If the bytes cannot be locked,
+ \exception{IOError} is raised.
+\end{datadesc}
+
+\begin{datadesc}{LK_UNLCK}
+ Unlocks the specified bytes, which must have been previously locked.
+\end{datadesc}
+
\begin{funcdesc}{setmode}{fd, flags}
Set the line-end translation mode for the file descriptor \var{fd}.
To set it to text mode, \var{flags} should be \constant{os.O_TEXT};