/* ======================================================================== * 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 * * 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 */ /* Exclusive create of a file * Accepts: file name * Return: T if success, NIL if failed, -1 if retry */ long crexcl (char *name) { int i; int mask = umask (0); long ret = LONGT; /* try to get the lock */ if ((i = open (name,O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL,(int) shlock_mode)) < 0) ret = (errno == EEXIST) ? -1 : NIL; else close (i); /* made the file, now close it */ umask (mask); /* restore previous mask */ return LONGT; /* success */ }