Answer by Kosta for Linux File Locking in Java
The Java Standard Library does not expose flock() or fnctl() directly. It seems to use lockf() in FileChannel/FileLock - but I wouldn't count on it using lockf() if you need to be sure. From the...
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File locking must be done by the operating system kernel / file system drivers, unless you're thinking of a narrower scope like just locking between the threads of a single process. There's no way all...
View ArticleAnswer by p_strand for Linux File Locking in Java
You can create a new file yourself which you use as a lockfile (the following is an example in Java since you stated that you wanted to implement some custom file lock logic in Java):File lockFile =...
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I know we can lock a file in linux using flock(). However, NFS drive might not support file lock.I am thinking to implement some custom file lock logic in my java code, to support file lock on any...
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