Mon Dec 18 13:40:37 1995 Roland McGrath <roland@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
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1 /* Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
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5 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
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16 not, write to the, 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
17 Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
20 * POSIX Standard: 6.5 File Control Operations <fcntl.h>
23 #ifndef _FCNTL_H
25 #define _FCNTL_H 1
26 #include <features.h>
28 /* This must be early so <fcntlbits.h> can define types winningly. */
29 __BEGIN_DECLS
31 /* Get the definitions of O_*, F_*, FD_*: all the
32 numbers and flag bits for `open', `fcntl', et al. */
33 #include <fcntlbits.h>
35 #ifdef __USE_MISC
36 #ifndef R_OK /* Verbatim from <unistd.h>. Ugh. */
37 /* Values for the second argument to access.
38 These may be OR'd together. */
39 #define R_OK 4 /* Test for read permission. */
40 #define W_OK 2 /* Test for write permission. */
41 #define X_OK 1 /* Test for execute permission. */
42 #define F_OK 0 /* Test for existence. */
43 #endif
44 #endif /* Use misc. */
47 /* Do the file control operation described by CMD on FD.
48 The remaining arguments are interpreted depending on CMD. */
49 extern int __fcntl __P ((int __fd, int __cmd, ...));
50 extern int fcntl __P ((int __fd, int __cmd, ...));
52 /* Open FILE and return a new file descriptor for it, or -1 on error.
53 OFLAG determines the type of access used. If O_CREAT is on OFLAG,
54 the third argument is taken as a `mode_t', the mode of the created file. */
55 extern int __open __P ((__const char *__file, int __oflag,...));
56 extern int open __P ((__const char *__file, int __oflag,...));
58 /* Create and open FILE, with mode MODE.
59 This takes an `int' MODE argument because that is
60 what `mode_t' will be widened to. */
61 extern int creat __P ((__const char *__file, __mode_t __mode));
63 #if defined (__USE_MISC) && !defined (F_LOCK)
64 /* NOTE: These declarations also appear in <unistd.h>; be sure to keep both
65 files consistent. Some systems have them there and some here, and some
66 software depends on the macros being defined without including both. */
68 /* `lockf' is a simpler interface to the locking facilities of `fcntl'.
69 LEN is always relative to the current file position.
70 The CMD argument is one of the following. */
72 #define F_ULOCK 0 /* Unlock a previously locked region. */
73 #define F_LOCK 1 /* Lock a region for exclusive use. */
74 #define F_TLOCK 2 /* Test and lock a region for exclusive use. */
75 #define F_TEST 3 /* Test a region for other processes locks. */
77 extern int lockf __P ((int __fd, int __cmd, __off_t __len));
78 #endif
80 __END_DECLS
82 #endif /* fcntl.h */