FTRYLOCKFILE(3P)

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🌸 FTRYLOCKFILE(3P) — bestie edition 🌸

okay so this page lives in the POSIX Programmer's Manual (that's the 3P situation iykyk) and it's all about ftrylockfile, one of the stdio locking functions. come sit with me, this one's short but it's important. 💅

✨ PROLOG ✨

so like, real talk before we even start: this manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. that's the whole vibe of this page, bestie.

  • the Linux implementation of this interface may differ — so if you're on Linux, go consult the corresponding Linux manual page for the actual deets on Linux behavior. 👀
  • or… the interface may not be implemented on Linux at all. 💀

no cap, check before you commit.

👑 NAME 👑

ftrylockfile — the stdio locking functions. periodt.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <stdio.h>

int ftrylockfile(FILE *file);

look at her. so simple. so iconic. 🌈

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the thing — this page doesn't spell out the whole story itself. you're being sent elsewhere:

Refer to flockfile().

that's it. that's the description. go read flockfile() for the actual lore, bestie, this page is just the doorway. 🚪✨

okay now the part nobody reads but i must tell you, and i'm keeping every single word's worth of facts:

  • Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.
  • In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document (so like, if they disagree, the original wins — no arguing 💅).
  • The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
  • Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. to report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🫶 this one was brought to you by IEEE/The Open Group, 2017 — yeah, 2017, she's a vintage queen 👑 — and honestly? she ate. go forth and lock those files (or try to, anyway). ✨🎀🦋

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