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+/* Copyright (C) 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+ The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Library General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
+ write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
+
+/* This file implements the `flock' function in terms of the POSIX.1 `fcntl'
+ locking mechanism. In 4BSD, these are two incompatible locking mechanisms,
+ perhaps with different semantics? */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/file.h>
+
+/* Apply or remove an advisory lock, according to OPERATION,
+ on the file FD refers to. */
+int flock( int fd, int operation)
+{
+ struct flock lbuf;
+
+ switch (operation & ~LOCK_NB) {
+ case LOCK_SH:
+ lbuf.l_type = F_RDLCK;
+ break;
+ case LOCK_EX:
+ lbuf.l_type = F_WRLCK;
+ break;
+ case LOCK_UN:
+ lbuf.l_type = F_UNLCK;
+ break;
+ default:
+ errno = EINVAL;
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ lbuf.l_whence = SEEK_SET;
+ lbuf.l_start = lbuf.l_len = 0L; /* Lock the whole file. */
+
+ return fcntl(fd, (operation & LOCK_NB) ? F_SETLK : F_SETLKW, &lbuf);
+}
+