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Old 03-11-2004, 11:04 AM   #1
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locking a file permanently

hi,
how to lock a file or (harware device )permanently using system calls
normally, flock() or lockf() funtion won't lock a file permanently.

Thanks in advance.
 
Old 03-11-2004, 01:58 PM   #2
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I don't think there's a way to do that permanently...

What benefit would it bring, anyway?


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