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RMS shared file access in C?

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The Question is:

 
This question concerns file sharing using the C RTL.  When I append to a file
 which is opened using the following statement in C:
 
    logFile = fopen( argv[1], "a", "ctx=rec", "shr=get" );
 
Another process reading this file cannot see the new data until the file is
 actually closed.  Calling fflush() has no effect in this regard.  How can I
 append to a sequential file from C and allow other processes to see the data
 I've written to the file w
ithout closing the file?
 
Thanks.

The Answer is :

 
  Please see the OpenVMS FAQ for some of the more common C programming
  questions, and please see topic (2867) here in the Ask The Wizard area
  for a C example of RMS shared file access.
 


  

     
     
answer written or last revised on ( 1-AUG-2001 )

     
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