[ILUG] FIFO Problem

[John P. Looney]

On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 03:54:39AM -0700, Vinayak Risbud mentioned:
> Hi Friends,
> 
> I am using Named Pipes(FIFO's) to transfer data between Server/Client
> I am facing a major problem,  when more than one client tries to
> connect to to the Server.  How can I give exclusive access to 
> Named Pipe(FIFO's).  i.e ,  If a client get connected to Server,  any
> other client should wait, until the serviced client is terminated/freed.
> 
> How Can I do this ?

 Have a look at the man pages for flock() - and fnctl() if you are using
NFS.

Kate

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