Re: file lock in MinGW

[red floyd]

yazwas wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I'm trying to lock a file under windows, using MinGW, I'm using  the
> same code I use under Linux, but it keeps giving me errors like
>
> aggregate `flock fl' has incomplete type and cannot be defined
>  `F_SETLK' undeclared (first use this function
>  `fcntl' undeclared (first use this function
>
> does any one have any idea,
> I'm using MinGW gcc 3.2.3

My guess is that you're missing a header (probably fcntl.h), but since 
flock and fcntl aren't part of Standard C++ per ISO/IEC 14882:2003, 
you're better off asking in a g++ newsgroup, such as gnu.g++.help.

Note that I've cross-posted the response there, and set follow-ups there 
as well.