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curprev 12:0312:03, 21 November 2024 Jens Meiert talk contribs m 22,896 bytes −24 Lightly edited first two paragraphs to make structure clearer and not assume knowledge of what’s “classic” or “typical”; also removed double spaces undo

curprev 21:2121:21, 20 August 2024 Onel5969 talk contribs m 22,920 bytes +28 Disambiguating links to Deadlock (link changed to Deadlock (computer science)) using DisamAssist. undo

curprev 21:3921:39, 16 August 2024 Entropy serum talk contribs m 22,892 bytes +143 repoint wiki.bash-hackers.org citation to archive.org undo

curprev 00:5700:57, 6 April 2024 Wiiformii talk contribs m 22,749 bytes +41 Adding local short description: "Computer mechanism", overriding Wikidata description "describes a mechanism that restricts access to a computer file" undo Tag: Shortdesc helper

curprev 20:1120:11, 14 March 2024 24.239.176.14 talk 22,708 bytes +222 →Unlocker software undo

curprev 05:1105:11, 4 March 2024 Oheyimafox talk contribs 22,486 bytes −166 irrelevant, implies there should be a list of projects which use lock files, which there definitely shouldn't be. no need to mention Mozilla specifically. undo

curprev 07:5607:56, 9 December 2022 Guy Harris talk contribs 22,652 bytes +17 →Lock files: rv damage undo
curprev 07:5507:55, 9 December 2022 Guy Harris talk contribs 22,635 bytes +7 →Buffered I/O problems: Clarify what was meant ("for", not "or", was intended). undo

curprev 06:4506:45, 7 December 2022 14.139.85.163 talk 22,628 bytes −17 →Lock files undo
curprev 06:4406:44, 7 December 2022 14.139.85.163 talk 22,645 bytes −1 →Buffered I/O problems undo

curprev 18:1118:11, 16 August 2022 Guy Harris talk contribs 22,646 bytes +45 →In Unix-like systems: Needs to be stated more explicitly to indicate what the separation in question is. Note that a system might implement only one of them atop fcntl and implement the other one separately. undo
curprev 10:5610:56, 16 August 2022 91.212.206.22 talk 22,601 bytes +1 →In Unix-like systems undo

curprev 17:4217:42, 30 September 2021 EthanGaming7640 talk contribs m 22,600 bytes −11 →top: Spelling/grammar/punctuation/typographical correction Fixing style/layout errors undo

curprev 23:1323:13, 15 July 2021 ClueBot NG talk contribs m 22,611 bytes −15 Reverting possible vandalism by 166.181.85.174 to version by Monkbot. Report False Positive? Thanks, ClueBot NG. (4008530) (Bot) undo Tag: Rollback
curprev 23:1323:13, 15 July 2021 166.181.85.174 talk 22,626 bytes +15 No edit summary undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 06:4106:41, 4 January 2021 Monkbot talk contribs m 22,611 bytes 0 Task 18 (cosmetic): eval 11 templates: del empty params (1×); hyphenate params (1×); undo Tag: AWB

curprev 13:1413:14, 27 November 2020 Frap talk contribs 22,611 bytes −2 →In Amiga OS: AmigaOS undo

curprev 17:5017:50, 3 November 2020 Frap talk contribs 22,613 bytes 0 →Buffered I/O Problems: MOS:HEAD undo

curprev 19:1019:10, 10 July 2020 Guy Harris talk contribs 22,613 bytes −104 Undid revision 966987799 by 89.81.166.197 (talk) - rv linkspam undo Tag: Undo
curprev 12:5712:57, 10 July 2020 89.81.166.197 talk 22,717 bytes +104 →External links undo

curprev 12:3312:33, 3 April 2020 Aoidh talk contribs 21,112 bytes −16 Reverted to revision 942979973 by Guy Harris (talk): MOS:Linux (TW) undo Tag: Undo

curprev 03:4003:40, 18 March 2020 155.91.28.242 talk 21,128 bytes +4 →In Unix-like systems undo
curprev 03:3903:39, 18 March 2020 155.91.28.242 talk 21,124 bytes +12 →In Unix-like systems undo

curprev 02:2902:29, 28 February 2020 Guy Harris talk contribs 21,112 bytes +99 N reader, 1 writer. And don't forget byte-range locks. undo

curprev 20:4820:48, 27 February 2020 Tdk408 talk contribs 21,013 bytes +10 specificity undo

curprev 12:5912:59, 14 August 2019 Jeffrey.Altman talk contribs 21,003 bytes −869 I'm removing the paragraph on AFS file locking as it has no reference and is factually incorrect for any version of AFS since Transarc AFS 3.0 released circa 1990. The original OpenAFS version of afsint.xg documents the IBM AFS 3.6 Cache Manager to File Server RPCS (SetLock, ExtendLock, and ReleaseLock) <ref>http://git.openafs.org/?p=openafs.git;a=blob;f=src/fsint/afsint.xg;hb=87c10e8d7f05dbbdf12ee9e8651dcec07e08af3f</ref>. undo

curprev 02:0202:02, 2 May 2019 JJMC89 talk contribs m 21,872 bytes −21 Removing link(s): Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/7 pseudo-portal forks of outline pages (Xunlink) undo

curprev 00:0500:05, 8 November 2018 Guy Harris talk contribs 21,893 bytes +19 →In Microsoft Windows: The file contains an executable program, and it's the file that's locked. undo
curprev 00:0500:05, 8 November 2018 Guy Harris talk contribs 21,874 bytes −81 →In Microsoft Windows: There are references; if somebody wants *more* references, use {{More citations needed}}. undo

curprev 22:4722:47, 7 November 2018 Gcc111 talk contribs m 21,955 bytes +631 Add references to lock functions, clarify a few phrases. undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 16:0416:04, 17 October 2018 Rodw talk contribs m 21,324 bytes +7 Disambiguating links to NOP (disambiguation) (link changed to NOP (code)) using DisamAssist. undo

curprev 02:1202:12, 15 September 2018 Willondon talk contribs 21,317 bytes −18 Undid revision 859598505 by 166.182.85.241 (talk) undo Tag: Undo
curprev 02:0802:08, 15 September 2018 166.182.85.241 talk 21,335 bytes +18 No edit summary undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 21:5121:51, 24 April 2018 Aerowolf talk contribs 21,317 bytes +81 Added Unsourced_section template to the Microsoft Windows section. There's nothing in the citations or external references that suggests any information about that OS can be gleaned from them, and it might possibly constitute original research (since I haven't found much of that information in my searches on the topic). undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 21:2521:25, 5 April 2018 2620:0:1000:6811:7915:a2e3:7d46:6865 talk 21,236 bytes −174 →{{Anchor|POSIX}}Problems: Removing an old line with no citation, which was obviously just a personal opinion. The detailed descriptions below should speak for themselves. undo

curprev 21:2621:26, 24 February 2018 I dream of horses talk contribs m 21,410 bytes +26 Cleaning up a randomly generated list using AWB undo

curprev 13:1713:17, 5 December 2017 46.5.95.121 talk 21,384 bytes −6 →In Amiga OS undo

curprev 06:5806:58, 24 November 2017 AnomieBOT talk contribs m 21,390 bytes +19 Dating maintenance tags: {{Cn}} undo
curprev 06:3706:37, 24 November 2017 Guy Harris talk contribs 21,371 bytes +50 →In Unix-like systems: Link some of those operating system. (Linux and macOS are already linked above in this section.) undo
curprev 06:3606:36, 24 November 2017 Guy Harris talk contribs 21,321 bytes −22 →In Unix-like systems: lockf() does byte-range locking, and flock() doesn't, so you can't implement lockf() atop flock(). Some systems might implement flock() as a full-file byte-range lock atop fcntl(), however. undo

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