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To: Nirmal Vuppuluri <vuppun AT hardy DOT ntd DOT comsat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: flock() function 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 02 Apr 1999 11:51:49 EST."
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Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 11:36:59 -0600
From: Mumit Khan <khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT EDU>

Nirmal Vuppuluri <vuppun AT hardy DOT ntd DOT comsat DOT com> writes:
> Hi,
> 	I am using Cygwin B20. I am trying to use the flock() function. I
> included the file <sys/file.h>. But when I link, I still get a "undefined
> reference to 'flock'". I am linking with the standard libc.a found under
> cygnus\cygwin-B20\H-i586-cygwin32\i586-cygwin32\lib directory.

Sent before I finished. Sorry.

flock is a BSD'ism, and not part of POSIX standard nor is it implemented
in Cygwin. Use POSIX fcntl interface instead.

Regards,
Mumit


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