ack/modules/src/system/lock.c
1994-06-24 11:31:16 +00:00

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/*
* (c) copyright 1987 by the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
* See the copyright notice in the ACK home directory, in the file "Copyright".
*/
/* $Id$ */
#include <system.h>
int
sys_lock(path)
char *path;
{
char buf[1024];
char *tmpf = ".lockXXXXXX";
char *strrindex(), *strcpy(), *mktemp();
char *p;
int ok, fd;
strcpy(buf, path);
if (p = strrindex(buf, '/')) {
++p;
strcpy(p, tmpf);
}
else
strcpy(buf, tmpf);
mktemp(buf);
if ((fd = creat(buf, 0)) < 0)
return 0;
close(fd);
ok = (link(buf, path) == 0);
unlink(buf);
return ok;
}