> I'm porting a Unix application to Windows. Im using M$ VC++
> compiler.  My problem is that on Unix the file locking mechanism is
> done using the fcntl() function that doesn't exist on Windows. I
> know that on Windows I can do this using CreateFile() to get the
> HANDLE to a file and then this handle can be used in LockFile() for
> locking the file.

> Hi all,

> I'm porting a Unix application to Windows. Im using M$ VC++ compiler.
> My problem is that on Unix the file locking mechanism is done using
> the fcntl() function that doesn't exist on Windows. I know that on
> Windows I can do this using CreateFile() to get the HANDLE to a file
> and then this handle can be used in LockFile() for locking the file.

> But, I would like to open the file using open() function, which
> returns an "int" and then for using the LockFile() I need a HANDLE to
> the file, so my question is: is there a function that can transform
> the "int" returned by open() into a HANDLE that then can be used in
> LockFile() ?

> Thanks in advance,
> vc

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Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: Using open and then LockFile for a file

> Please don't post non-standard stuff like this to comp.lang.c++ in the
> future.  If it is not part of the C++ language, as defined by the ISO
> standard, it is off-topic here.

If it's off-topic on comp.lang.c++, it's
WAY off-topic on comp.lang.ruby...   ;)

Cheers,
Hal