From: cgf AT cygnus DOT com (Christopher G. Faylor)
Subject: Re: Win32 files and cygwin files
24 Nov 1998 13:39:56 GMT
Message-ID: <73ecvc$291$1@cronkite.cygnus.com>
References: <199811231555 DOT KAA14580 DOT cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT clay DOT sii-nh DOT com>
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In article <199811231555 DOT KAA14580 DOT cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT clay DOT sii-nh DOT com>,
David R. Dick <drd AT sii-nh DOT com> wrote:
>Because file locking seems to be unavailable in CygWin,
>I probably need to use Win32 LockFile().
>
>I know that I can link with Win32 libaries to use some
>Windows functionality.
>
>Is there a way I can use LockFile() on files I have opened
>with normal UNIX fopen() calls?  or do I need to go all the
>way in using Win32 file calls?

HANDLE h = get_osfhandle (fd) returns the Windows handle associated with
the cygwin fd.

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