funlockfile(3S)                                      funlockfile(3S)


       NAME
             funlockfile - relinquish thread ownership of a file

       SYNOPSIS
             #include <stdio.h>
             void funlockfile(FILE *file);

       DESCRIPTION
             This function provide for explicit application-level locking
             of standard I/O objects.  It can be used by a thread to end a
             sequence of I/O statements that are to be executed as a unit.

             funlockfile relinquishes ownership granted to the thread via a
             previous successful call to flockfile or ftrylockfile.

             A thread can nest calls to flockfile or ftrylockfile as long
             as each successful call has a corresponding funlockfile call
             to relinquish ownership completely.

             The behavior is undefined if funlockfile is called without a
             matching successful call to flockfile or ftrylockfile.

       REFERENCES
             flock(3S), flockfile(3S), ftrylockfile(3S), stdio(3S)
























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