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Change the current mode of a lock or filehandle
Source position: amigados.pas line 2318
function ChangeMode( |
Type_: LongWord; |
Object_: BPTR; |
NewMode: LongWord |
):LongBool; |
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Either CHANGE_FH or CHANGE_LOCK |
Object_ |
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A lock or filehandle |
NewMode |
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The new mode you want |
This allows you to attempt to change the mode in use by a lock or filehandle. For example, you could attempt to turn a shared lock into an exclusive lock. The handler may well reject this request. Warning: if you use the wrong type for the object, the system may crash.
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Lock a directory or file |
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Open a file for input or output |