fLock(3)

💖 fLock — bestie edition 💖

okay so this is fLock(3) from the util/ulocks.h world, aka the ClearSilver lock squad 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

fLock — go get yourself a file lock, queen 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <util/ulocks.h>

NEOERR *fLock(int lock);

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• lock — the lock you wanna acquire. that's it, that's the whole argument 🎀

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So basically fLock acquires the lock that's identified by lock. and like, it doesn't just try and bounce — nope, this call blocks until the lock is acquired. it will simply sit there, patiently, main character energy, waiting for its moment 💅 no cap.

MT-Level: Safe. so you can trust it with your threads, fr fr ✨

✨ RETURN VALUE ✨

None. literally nothing comes back. it just does the thing 🦋

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

go read these too, they're all iconic in their own way:

• mCreate(3)
• fCreate(3)
• mUnlock(3)
• fUnlock(3)
• cBroadcast(3)
• cSignal(3)
• fFind(3)
• cDestroy(3)
• cCreate(3)
• mDestroy(3)
• cWait(3)
• fLock(3)
• fDestroy(3)
• mLock

not me listing fLock(3) in its own SEE ALSO... iconic behavior honestly, the page knows its own worth 💀

and that's the whole vibe check, bestie 🌈 this one came from ClearSilver, dated 12 July 2007 — yeah she's vintage, she's classic, she still slays 💜🌸

bye babe, go lock something (responsibly) 🎀✨