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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: 7 Jun 2011 06:33:20 GMT
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"osmium" writes:
>"ruben safir" wrote:
>>Is there a C++ specific means of file locking?
>No. File locking is provided by the operating system, not an ordinary user
>program, which is what a C++ compiler produces.
This must be the correct answer, because Linus Torvalds also
says that a C++ compiler cannot produce an operating system!
(The real reason is - of coures - just that the C++ standard
library does not provide this feature, but this might change
in the future.)
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