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| DATE | 2011-06-07 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] (fwd) Re: C++ File Lokcing
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Subject: Re: C++ File Lokcing
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 00:32:21 -0700 (PDT)
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On Jun 7, 9:33=A0am, r...-at-zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote:
> "osmium" writes:
> >"ruben safir" wrote:
> >>Is there a C++ specific means of file locking?
> >No. =A0File locking is provided by the operating system, not an ordinary=
user
> >program, which is what a C++ compiler produces.
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> =A0 This must be the correct answer, because Linus Torvalds also
> =A0 says that a C++ compiler cannot produce an operating system!
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> =A0 (The real reason is - of coures - just that the C++ standard
> =A0 library does not provide this feature, but this might change
> =A0 in the future.)
Actually it is feature of file system. If it is some network file
system then the code that your compiler produces are not implementing
it but the server is. So implementation can do nothing there in order
to achieve that the locks work or not.
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