int lock_place

(const char* name, const char* info)

Place a lock.

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Place a lock.

Registers a resource lock. The lock will first be checked to make sure you have permission to place it. Permission is given if the lock:

• does not exist;
• exists and is your own; or
• exists and is stale (i.e. belongs to a dead process).

Parameters:

name - the name of the resource to be locked (filename of the lock, too).
info - a short description of the lock. This is for your benefit only, so that processes competing for a lock will know why a lock is in place.

Returns:

One of the LKR_x result codes.

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