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Function std.stdio.File.tryLock

Attempts to lock the specified file segment. If both start and length are zero, the entire file is locked.

bool tryLock (
  LockType lockType = cast(LockType)1,
  ulong start = 0LU,
  ulong length = 0LU
);

Returns

true if the lock was successful, and false if the specified file segment was already locked.

Authors

Walter Bright, Andrei Alexandrescu, Alex Rønne Petersen

License

Boost License 1.0.