benw@pyuxn.UUCP (B Weber) (03/05/84)
Does anyone know a way to implement true file lockout from F77 ( 5.0 USG)? We need a way to prevent concurrent updates from F77 programs that may have 30-40 users running it at any time. INQUIRE, of course, only is relevant to one particular process (program). We would rather avoid the use of lockout files, since this will be for a production system and cleaning up lockout files could be a mess in case of a system crash. Has anyone developed semaphore routines to accomplish lockout? We would have no problem adding code to our programs, if necessary. Thanks in advance. FORTRAN LIVES!!! (So?) Ben Weber pyuxn!benw or pyuxtt!benw