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| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlfunc.pod | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod index e40b31bec1..d4c273915b 100644 --- a/pod/perlfunc.pod +++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod @@ -1559,11 +1559,11 @@ in the way of your getting your job done.) OPERATION is one of LOCK_SH, LOCK_EX, or LOCK_UN, possibly combined with LOCK_NB. These constants are traditionally valued 1, 2, 8 and 4, but -you can use the symbolic names if import them from the Fcntl module, +you can use the symbolic names if you import them from the Fcntl module, either individually, or as a group using the ':flock' tag. LOCK_SH requests a shared lock, LOCK_EX requests an exclusive lock, and LOCK_UN -releases a previously requested lock. If LOCK_NB is added to LOCK_SH or -LOCK_EX then C<flock> will return immediately rather than blocking +releases a previously requested lock. If LOCK_NB is bitwise-or'ed with +LOCK_SH or LOCK_EX then C<flock> will return immediately rather than blocking waiting for the lock (check the return status to see if you got it). To avoid the possibility of miscoordination, Perl now flushes FILEHANDLE |