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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1994-05-03 14:46:18 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1994-05-03 14:46:18 (GMT)
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Module to lock open files using fcntl()
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+import struct, fcntl, FCNTL
+
+def writelock(f):
+ _lock(f, FCNTL.F_WRLCK)
+
+def readlock(f):
+ _lock(f, FCNTL.F_RDLCK)
+
+def unlock(f):
+ _lock(f, FCNTL.F_UNLCK)
+
+def _lock(f, op):
+ dummy = fcntl.fcntl(f.fileno(), FCNTL.F_SETLKW,
+ struct.pack('2h8l', op,
+ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0))