* Re: Locked highscore file
[not found] <vhin1w2fa16.fsf@grotte.ifi.uio.no>
@ 1999-08-09 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
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From: Aidan Skinner @ 1999-08-09 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
On 08 Aug 1999 19:37:57 +0200, Jan Kroken <jankr@nntp.ifi.uio.no> wrote:
>Lock the file
Aquire a Write_Lock on the file using Posix.File_Locking.Set_Lock or
Wait_To_Set_Lock.
>Read the entries and merge them with my local score table
>Write the new table to the file
Open the file, read it. Write it, you have you the only acces to the file.
>unlock the file
use Posix.File_Locking.Set_Lock with Lock.Lock = Unlock.
This should be possible with any system that has a posix
implementation available.
- Aidan
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