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[DOC] Clean up doc for File#flock (#9332)
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BurdetteLamar committed Dec 23, 2023
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return (VALUE)ret;
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/*
/* :markup: markdown
*
* call-seq:
* file.flock(locking_constant) -> 0 or false
*
* Locks or unlocks a file according to <i>locking_constant</i> (a
* logical <em>or</em> of the values in the table below).
* Returns <code>false</code> if File::LOCK_NB is specified and the
* operation would otherwise have blocked. Not available on all
* platforms.
*
* Locking constants (in class File):
*
* LOCK_EX | Exclusive lock. Only one process may hold an
* | exclusive lock for a given file at a time.
* ----------+------------------------------------------------
* LOCK_NB | Don't block when locking. May be combined
* | with other lock options using logical or.
* ----------+------------------------------------------------
* LOCK_SH | Shared lock. Multiple processes may each hold a
* | shared lock for a given file at the same time.
* ----------+------------------------------------------------
* LOCK_UN | Unlock.
* flock(locking_constant) -> 0 or false
*
* Locks or unlocks a file according to the given `locking_constant`,
* a bitwise OR of the values in the table below.
*
* Not available on all platforms.
*
* Returns `false` if `File::LOCK_NB` is specified and the operation would have blocked;
* otherwise returns `0`.
* <br>
*
* <table>
* <tr>
* <th colspan="3">Locking Constants</th>
* </tr>
* <tr>
* <th>Constant</th>
* <th>Lock</th>
* <th>Effect</th>
* </tr>
* <tr>
* <td><tt>File::LOCK_EX</tt></td>
* <td>Exclusive</td>
* <td>Only one process may hold an exclusive lock for <tt>self</tt> at a time.</td>
* </tr>
* <tr>
* <td><tt>File::LOCK_NB</tt></td>
* <td>Non-blocking</td>
* <td>
* No blocking; may be combined with other `File::LOCK_SH` or `File::LOCK_EX`
* using the bitwise OR operator <tt>|</tt>.
* </td>
* </tr>
* <tr>
* <td><tt>File::LOCK_SH</tt></td>
* <td>Shared</td>
* <td>Multiple processes may each hold a shared lock for <tt>self</tt> at the same time.</td>
* </tr>
* <tr>
* <td><tt>File::LOCK_UN</tt></td>
* <td>Unlock</td>
* <td>Remove an existing lock held by this process.</td>
* </tr>
* </table>
*
* <br>
* Example:
*
* # update a counter using write lock
* # don't use "w" because it truncates the file before lock.
* File.open("counter", File::RDWR|File::CREAT, 0644) {|f|
* f.flock(File::LOCK_EX)
* value = f.read.to_i + 1
* f.rewind
* f.write("#{value}\n")
* f.flush
* f.truncate(f.pos)
* }
*
* # read the counter using read lock
* File.open("counter", "r") {|f|
* f.flock(File::LOCK_SH)
* p f.read
* }
* ```ruby
* # Update a counter using an exclusive lock.
* # Don't use File::WRONLY because it truncates the file.
* File.open('counter', File::RDWR | File::CREAT, 0644) do |f|
* f.flock(File::LOCK_EX)
* value = f.read.to_i + 1
* f.rewind
* f.write("#{value}\n")
* f.flush
* f.truncate(f.pos)
* end
*
* # Read the counter using a shared lock.
* File.open('counter', 'r') do |f|
* f.flock(File::LOCK_SH)
* f.read
* end
* ```
*
*/

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