Steel Bank Common Lisp

"Evan Monroig" writes:
> I would like to use posix file locks and have searched around to use
> sb-posix:fcntl with the commands sb-posix:f-setlk and
> sb-posix:f-getlk, but I cannot get it to work.
> 
> According to the sbcl manual [1] there should be a class
> sb-posix:flock to use with the above command, but it seems not to be
> available in my sbcl installation.
>
> Is it that it is available only with the most recent sbcl?

Yes, support for struct flock was added just in the last several weeks,
I think.  (The online manual documents the latest version in CVS.)  So
you could upgrade now, or else perhaps try lockf(3), if that suits your
needs.

--
Richard

On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 8:49 AM, Richard M Kreuter <kreuter@...> wrote:
> "Evan Monroig" writes:
>  > According to the sbcl manual [1] there should be a class
>  > sb-posix:flock to use with the above command, but it seems not to be
>  > available in my sbcl installation.
>  >
>  > Is it that it is available only with the most recent sbcl?
>
>  Yes, support for struct flock was added just in the last several weeks,
>  I think.  (The online manual documents the latest version in CVS.)  So
>  you could upgrade now, or else perhaps try lockf(3), if that suits your
>  needs.

I see.  Thank you very much for the answer, I will try the latest
version of sbcl.

Best regards,

Evan