Kornel Benko wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 20. November 2013 um 00:30:54, schrieb Tommaso Cucinotta > <tomm...@lyx.org> >> >> What about boost::interprocess::file_lock ? >> >> Note from >> >> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_55_0/doc/html/boost/interprocess/file_lock.html >> >> "A file lock can't guarantee synchronization between threads of the same >> process so just use file locks to synchronize threads from different >> processes." > > Yes, but we need synchronization between different processes. > >> Not sure it fits in such case. Otherwise, I'd say the rest of >> boost::interprocess might fit, e.g.: >> boost::interprocess::interprocess_mutex
I'd say it fits perfectly, but I have no experience with it. > At least lockf() is :POSIX, and it works. So it is OK for Linux and OS X, but not for Windows. Who is going to implement the Windows equivalent? Sorry to play the devils advocate again, but I believe these things are important. Georg
