DRLOCK C-3

drlock, drlockw, drunlock - lock/unlock a data record for exclusive use

Drlock attempts to lock a data record for exclusive use and returns immediately with a status code. If the record was locked successfully, drlock returns a positive value. If the record could not be locked, perhaps because it was already locked by another process, a zero value is returned.

Drlockw attempts to lock a record for exclusive use and waits until the record can be locked before returning. Drlockw normally returns a positive value.

Drunlock unlocks a record that was locked with drlock or drlockw.

The record number to be locked is specified by the record parameter, where record is between 1 and number of records in the RMSfile. Record is returned by all calls that access the RMSfile. Fcb is the file block pointer returned by dlopen(C-3) or dopen(C-3).

These routines must be used in a multi-user environment when calling RMS file functions that update records to prevent simultaneous access to data by more than one user. The RMS file functions do not automatically lock files or records to prevent simultaneous access to data.

These routines lock only one record at a time. It is permissible to lock more than one record in the same RMSfile or to lock records in more than one RMSfile. Please note that locking more than one record at a time may create a deadlock in which case the request will be denied.

In MS-DOS , these routines perform no operation and always return 1.

dflock(C-3), dclock(C-3), dilock(C-3), dlopen(C-3), dopen(C-3)

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Drlock and Drlockw return a value of zero (0) if fcb is not an opened file block pointer or if locking the requested record would cause a deadlock.