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From: ruler@isolate.net
To: linux-c-programming@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: multi threaded file access
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 08:38:33 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <39265468443.20021206083833@isolate.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3DF08C71.30605@tlabs.ac.za>

Hello Heinrich,

Friday, December 6, 2002, 6:39:29 AM, you wrote:

HdT> Hello

HdT> I have a tcp/ip server which is offcourse multi threaded :-)

HdT> Is it safe to have to threads access the same file descriptor at the 
HdT> same time?
HdT> Or should I put a mutex over the file descriptor?

HdT> Thanks for your help
HdT> -Heinrich


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Put a mutex over the writing to file descriptor.  Depends on how much
and what you are writing, it could makes lines combine with each other
into a bunch of garbled letters.

Thanks,

-- 
Best regards,
 ruler                            mailto:ruler@isolate.net



      reply	other threads:[~2002-12-06 13:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-12-06 11:39 multi threaded file access Heinrich du Toit
2002-12-06 13:38 ` ruler [this message]

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