Clarifications about motivation and duties of the participants

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Thomas Schmitt 2007-04-19 11:34:54 +00:00
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@ -68,8 +68,9 @@ So it may be necessary to use a cautious open() without O_EXCL and to aquire
a POSIX lock via fcntl(). "Cautious" means to add O_NDELAY to the flags of a POSIX lock via fcntl(). "Cautious" means to add O_NDELAY to the flags of
open(), because this is declared to avoid side effects within open(). open(), because this is declared to avoid side effects within open().
With this gesture it is important to use the standard paths because With this gesture it is important to use the paths expected by our burn
fcntl(F_SETLK) does not lock the device but only a device-inode. programs: /dev/sr[0..255] /dev/scd[0..255] /dev/sg[0..255] /dev/hd[a..z]
because fcntl(F_SETLK) does not lock the device but only a device-inode.
std_path = one of the standard device files: std_path = one of the standard device files:
/dev/sr[0..255] /dev/scd[0..255] /dev/sg[0..255] /dev/hd[a..z] /dev/sr[0..255] /dev/scd[0..255] /dev/sg[0..255] /dev/hd[a..z]