return(kill(pid,0) == 0 || errno != ESRCH);
}
-int lock_file(int fd)
+/* lock a byte range in a open file */
+int lock_range(int fd, int offset, int len)
{
- return flock(fd, LOCK_EX) == 0;
-}
+ struct flock lock;
-int unlock_file(int fd)
-{
- return flock(fd, LOCK_UN) == 0;
+ lock.l_type = F_WRLCK;
+ lock.l_whence = SEEK_SET;
+ lock.l_start = offset;
+ lock.l_len = len;
+ lock.l_pid = 0;
+
+ return fcntl(fd,F_SETLK,&lock) == 0;
}