Re: fcntl(F_GETLEASE) semantics??

[Trond Myklebust]

to den 11.08.2005 Klokka 21:41 (+0300) skreiv Heikki Orsila:
> Peter Chubb <peterc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > if (fcntl(fd, F_SETLEASE, F_RDLCK) == -1)
> >     fail;
> 
> Is that something inotify can do? If so, then should F_SETLEASE/GETLEASE
> be deprecated for future? F_SETLEASE is Linux specific, and inotify is
> generally more useful. It looks like inotify could be used to detected 
> changes in any file.

inotify does not give you synchronous notification. It just tells you
something has happened after the fact. Not the same thing at all.

Cheers,
  Trond

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