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/* ========================================================================
 * Copyright 1988-2006 University of Washington
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * 
 * ========================================================================
 */

/*
 * Program:	Exclusive create of a file, NFS kludge version
 *
 * Author:	Mark Crispin
 *		Networks and Distributed Computing
 *		Computing & Communications
 *		University of Washington
 *		Administration Building, AG-44
 *		Seattle, WA  98195
 *		Internet: MRC@CAC.Washington.EDU
 *
 * Date:	17 December 1999
 * Last Edited:	30 August 2006
 */


/* SUN-OS had an NFS, As kludgy as an albatross;
 * And everywhere that it was installed, It was a total loss.
 *  -- MRC 9/25/91
 */

/* Exclusive create of a file
 * Accepts: file name
 * Return: T if success, NIL if failed, -1 if retry
 */

long crexcl (char *name)
{
  long ret = -1;
  int i;
  char hitch[MAILTMPLEN];
  struct stat sb;
  int mask = umask (0);
				/* build hitching post file name */
  sprintf (hitch,"%s.%lu.%d.",name,(unsigned long) time (0),getpid ());
  i = strlen (hitch);		/* append local host name */
  gethostname (hitch + i,(MAILTMPLEN - i) - 1);
				/* try to get hitching-post file */
  if ((i = open (hitch,O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL,(int) shlock_mode)) >= 0) {
    close (i);			/* close the hitching-post */
    /* Note: link() may return an error even if it actually succeeded.  So we
     * always check for success via the link count, and ignore the error if
     * the link count is right.
     */
				/* tie hitching-post to lock */
    i = link (hitch,name) ? errno : 0;
				/* success if link count now 2 */
    if (!stat (hitch,&sb) && (sb.st_nlink == 2)) ret = LONGT;
    else if (i == EPERM) {	/* links not allowed? */
      /* Probably a FAT filesystem on Linux.  It can't be NFS, so try creating
       * the lock file directly.
       */
      if ((i = open (name,O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL,(int) shlock_mode)) >= 0){
	close (i);		/* close the file */
	ret = LONGT;		/* success */
      }
				/* fail unless error is EEXIST */
      else if (errno != EEXIST) ret = NIL;
    }
    unlink (hitch);		/* flush hitching post */
  }
				/* fail unless error is EEXIST */
  else if (errno != EEXIST) ret = NIL;
  umask (mask);			/* restore previous mask */
  return ret;
}