What is mandatory locking?

[Ronald Klop]

On Tue, 30 May 2006 09:11:29 +0200, Elisey O. Savateev <b3k at mail.ru> wrote:

> Hello, list!
>
> 	What is mandatory locking on FS? It exists in ext3, but not in
> ufs. What the difference between mandatory and advisory file locking
> and why mandatory locking is not implemented in ufs?

http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~beej/guide/ipc/flock.html

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