File locking is a mechanism that restricts access to a computer file, or to a region of a file, by allowing only one user or process to modify or delete...

enable message file locking, including fcntl() and lockf(). This does not work well with network mounted file systems, such as the Network File System (NFS)...

controller. SMB supports opportunistic locking (see below) on files in order to improve performance. Opportunistic locking support has changed with each Windows...

Note: the byte-range advisory Network Lock Manager (NLM) protocol (added to support UNIX System V file locking APIs) the remote quota-reporting (RQUOTAD)...

process/thread will request a lock held by the other. (For example, locking a row rather than the entire table, or locking a cell rather than the entire...

is unlocked. Locking can be supported by the version control system, or via informal communications between developers (aka social locking). Similar to...

called deadlock. Deadlock is possible when incremental locking (locking one entity, then locking one or more additional entities) is used. To illustrate...

directory structure or file metadata. For instance, file locking cannot prevent TOCTTOU race conditions on symbolic links. File locking also cannot automatically...

coherency between participating computers. The DLM is used not only for file locking but also for coordination of all disk access. VMScluster, the first clustering...

serialize concurrent access Lock (database), a feature used when multiple users access a database concurrently File locking, describes a mechanism that...

computer operating systems, a file descriptor (FD, less frequently fildes) is a process-unique identifier (handle) for a file or other input/output resource...

these files. Maildir was designed by Daniel J. Bernstein circa 1995, with a major goal of eliminating the need for program code to handle file locking and...

to lock names allowed the "file" locking routines to be used to implement record level locking between tasks accessing the centrally managed file *MESSAGES...

supports Unicode file names, POSIX and access-control list permissions, resource forks, named extended attributes, and advanced file locking. AFP versions...

version of Windows. File locking is a common technique for preventing race conditions for a single file, but it does not extend to the file system namespace...

APIs." Microsoft's application software also exhibits lock-in through the use of proprietary file formats. Microsoft Outlook uses a proprietary, publicly...

algorithm Catch-22 (logic) Circular reference Dining philosophers problem File locking Gridlock (in vehicular traffic) Hang (computing) Impasse Infinite loop...

(programming) Mutual exclusion Scheduler pattern Balking pattern File locking Lock (computer science) Readers–writers problem This is the standard "wait"...

svn:needs-lock Specifies that a file is to be checked out with file permissions set to read-only. This is designed for use with the locking mechanism...

the file itself. A consequence of the file locking strategy is that AFS does not support large shared databases or record updating within files shared...

free and open-source software project for content collaboration, file-sharing, and file-syncing. It's usable in distributed and federated enterprise scenarios...

StorNext file system installed, these computers can read and write to the same storage volume at the same time enabling what is known as a "file-locking SAN...

"Injection Locking and Pulling" Injection pulling and locking heard alternatively when one oscillator of two sweeps in frequency Problems playing this file? See...

This is a list of file synchronization software for which there are Wikipedia articles. This is a comparison of the freeware (proprietary software release...

can still be accessed once the original is overwritten. File locking, which limits the file to one editor at a time to prevent edit conflicts. Computer...

access or update operations on a file is executing a critical section that must be guarded with an appropriate file locking mechanism. Database transaction...

the LVM's part, HA-LVM can use CLVM as a locking mechanism, or can continue to use the default file locking and reduce "collisions" by restricting access...

granularity locking (MGL) is a locking method used in database management systems (DBMS) and relational databases. In multiple granularity locking, locks are...

Retrieved 23 December 2013. "Encryption goof fixed in TorrentLocker file-locking malware". PC World. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014. "Cryptolocker...

attempts to modify or access a file system, which can result in data corruption or privilege escalation. File locking provides a commonly used solution...