Unit 'amigados' Package
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ChangeMode

Change the current mode of a lock or filehandle

Declaration

Source position: amigados.pas line 1591

function ChangeMode(

  type_: LongInt;

  fh: LongInt;

  newmode: LongInt

):LongBool;

Arguments

type_

  

Either CHANGE_FH or CHANGE_LOCK

newmode

  

The new mode you want

Description

This allows you to attempt to change the mode in use by a lock or filehandle. For example, you could attempt to turn a shared lock into an exclusive lock. The handler may well reject this request. Warning: if you use the wrong type for the object, the system may crash.

See also

Lock

  

Lock a directory or file

DosOpen

  

Open a file for input or output


Documentation generated on: 2021-07-30