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Re: flock() function


Nirmal Vuppuluri <vuppun@hardy.ntd.comsat.com> writes:
> Hi,
> 	I am using Cygwin B20. I am trying to use the flock() function. I
> included the file <sys/file.h>. But when I link, I still get a "undefined
> reference to 'flock'". I am linking with the standard libc.a found under
> cygnus\cygwin-B20\H-i586-cygwin32\i586-cygwin32\lib directory.

Sent before I finished. Sorry.

flock is a BSD'ism, and not part of POSIX standard nor is it implemented
in Cygwin. Use POSIX fcntl interface instead.

Regards,
Mumit


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