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1 /* Copyright (C) 1994, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
6 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
7 License, or (at your option) any later version.
9 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
12 Library General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
15 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If
16 not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
17 Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
19 #include <sys/types.h>
20 #include <unistd.h>
21 #include <fcntl.h>
22 #include <errno.h>
24 /* lockf is a simplified interface to fcntl's locking facilities. */
26 int
27 lockf (int fd, int cmd, off_t len)
29 struct flock fl;
31 switch (cmd)
33 case F_TEST:
34 /* Test the lock: return 0 if FD is unlocked or locked by this process;
35 return -1, set errno to EACCES, if another process holds the lock. */
36 if (fcntl (fd, F_GETLK, &fl) < 0)
37 return -1;
38 if (fl.l_type == F_UNLCK || fl.l_pid == getpid ())
39 return 0;
40 __set_errno (EACCES);
41 return -1;
43 case F_ULOCK:
44 fl.l_type = F_UNLCK;
45 cmd = F_SETLK;
46 break;
47 case F_LOCK:
48 fl.l_type = F_WRLCK;
49 cmd = F_SETLKW;
50 break;
51 case F_TLOCK:
52 fl.l_type = F_WRLCK;
53 cmd = F_SETLK;
54 break;
56 default:
57 __set_errno (EINVAL);
58 return -1;
61 /* lockf is always relative to the current file position. */
62 fl.l_whence = SEEK_CUR;
63 fl.l_start = 0;
65 fl.l_len = len;
67 return fcntl (fd, cmd, &fl);