/* ======================================================================== * Copyright 1988-2006 University of Washington * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * * ======================================================================== */ /* * Program: Exclusive create of a file, NFS kludge version * * Author: Mark Crispin * Networks and Distributed Computing * Computing & Communications * University of Washington * Administration Building, AG-44 * Seattle, WA 98195 * Internet: MRC@CAC.Washington.EDU * * Date: 17 December 1999 * Last Edited: 30 August 2006 */ /* SUN-OS had an NFS, As kludgy as an albatross; * And everywhere that it was installed, It was a total loss. * -- MRC 9/25/91 */ /* Exclusive create of a file * Accepts: file name * Return: T if success, NIL if failed, -1 if retry */ long crexcl (char *name) { long ret = -1; int i; char hitch[MAILTMPLEN]; struct stat sb; int mask = umask (0); /* build hitching post file name */ sprintf (hitch,"%s.%lu.%d.",name,(unsigned long) time (0),getpid ()); i = strlen (hitch); /* append local host name */ gethostname (hitch + i,(MAILTMPLEN - i) - 1); /* try to get hitching-post file */ if ((i = open (hitch,O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL,(int) shlock_mode)) >= 0) { close (i); /* close the hitching-post */ /* Note: link() may return an error even if it actually succeeded. So we * always check for success via the link count, and ignore the error if * the link count is right. */ /* tie hitching-post to lock */ i = link (hitch,name) ? errno : 0; /* success if link count now 2 */ if (!stat (hitch,&sb) && (sb.st_nlink == 2)) ret = LONGT; else if (i == EPERM) { /* links not allowed? */ /* Probably a FAT filesystem on Linux. It can't be NFS, so try creating * the lock file directly. */ if ((i = open (name,O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL,(int) shlock_mode)) >= 0){ close (i); /* close the file */ ret = LONGT; /* success */ } /* fail unless error is EEXIST */ else if (errno != EEXIST) ret = NIL; } unlink (hitch); /* flush hitching post */ } /* fail unless error is EEXIST */ else if (errno != EEXIST) ret = NIL; umask (mask); /* restore previous mask */ return ret; }