[Overview][Constants][Types][Procedures and functions][Index] Reference for unit 'amigados' (#aros)

Lock

Lock a directory or file

Declaration

Source position: amigados.pas line 2258

function Lock(

  const Name: STRPTR;

  AccessMode: LongInt

):BPTR;

Arguments

Name

  

Name of file or directory to lock

AccessMode

  

ON of SHARED_LOCK or EXCLUSIVE_LOCK

Function result

Pointer to lock or nil

Description

Gets a lock on a file or directory. There may be more than one shared lock on a file but only one if it is an exclusive one. Locked files or directories may not be deleted.

See also

UnLock

  

Unlock a directory or file

DupLock

  

Duplicate a lock

ChangeMode

  

Change the current mode of a lock or filehandle

NameFromLock

  

Returns the name of a locked object

DupLockFromFH

  

Gets a lock on an open file


Documentation generated on: 2017-01-10