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authorSkip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com>2003-01-15 21:08:19 (GMT)
committerSkip 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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@@ -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}