FTRYLOCKFILE(3POSIX)

✨ FTRYLOCKFILE ✨

okay so bestie, we're in the POSIX Programmer's Manual 💅 this one is ftrylockfile(3POSIX) and it's giving "the tiny try-hard sibling of the stdio locking functions" 🎀

PROLOG 🫶

real talk before we even start: this manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. the Linux implementation of this interface may differ (so like, go consult the corresponding Linux manual page for the deets on Linux behavior, fr fr), or — plot twist — the interface may not be implemented on Linux at all. 😭

NAME 🌸

ftrylockfile — stdio locking functions 👑

SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <stdio.h>

int ftrylockfile(FILE *file);

DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so lowkey this one is short and sweet: refer to flockfile(). that's it. that's the whole vibe. go read flockfile() bestie, it has the lore. 📖✨

COPYRIGHT 💜

ngl we gotta do the legal bit, and no cap it matters:

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. 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 .

⚠️ reminder bestie: if something looks cursed here, it's probably a conversion glitch, not the actual Standard. the original Standard is the one that decides. 💅

and that's the whole page, you ate it 🍓 this edition was served up by IEEE/The Open Group, 2017 — FTRYLOCKFILE(3POSIX), periodt 💖🦋✨