Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: fcntl(F_GETLEASE) semantics?? | From | Trond Myklebust <> | Date | Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:56:59 -0400 |
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to den 11.08.2005 Klokka 21:41 (+0300) skreiv Heikki Orsila: > Peter Chubb <peterc@gelato.unsw.edu.au> wrote: > > if (fcntl(fd, F_SETLEASE, F_RDLCK) == -1) > > fail; > > Is that something inotify can do? If so, then should F_SETLEASE/GETLEASE > be deprecated for future? F_SETLEASE is Linux specific, and inotify is > generally more useful. It looks like inotify could be used to detected > changes in any file.
inotify does not give you synchronous notification. It just tells you something has happened after the fact. Not the same thing at all.
Cheers, Trond
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