HB_FLOCK()

Locks part or all of any file

Syntax

      HB_FLOCK( <nHandle>, <nOffset>, <nBytes> [, <nType ] )
                --> <lSuccess>

Arguments

<nHandle> Dos file handle

set> Offset of the first byte of the region to be locked.

<nBytes> Number of bytes to be locked.

e> The type (read or write) of lock requested.

Returns

<lSuccess> .T. if the lock was obtained, else .F.

Description

This function attempts to lock a region of the file whose file handle is <nHandle>. This is a low level file function. To lock Harbour data files use either the FLOCK() or RLOCK() function.

The value of <nHandle> is obtained from either a call to the FOPEN() or the FCREATE() function.

<nOffset> is the offset (from the beginning of the file) to the first of the region to be locked. (Offsets from the current position nd of file are not currently supported.)

<nBytes> is the length of the region to be locked in bytes.

e> is the type of lock requested. There are two types of locks: sive write locks ( <nType> = 0x0000 ) – the default, and shared locks( <nType> = 0x0100 ). Additionally you can specify a ing version of this function (that is it won’t return until r an error has occurred or the lock has been obtained) by g Ox0200 to the above values.

Examples

      refer to tfl.prg

Compliance

Harbour

Platforms

All (64K)

Files

Library is rtl

Seealso

HB_FUNLOCK(), FOPEN(), FCREATE(), FERROR(), FCLOSE()