[Info-vax] Unix tools on VMS, was: Re: September 6, 2016 - new Roadmap and State of the Port updates now on VSI website

[Chris Scheers]

David Froble wrote:

> Personally, I'd think byte range locking, or whatever you want to call 
> it, could be a useful tool.  If implemented on VMS, then it should not 
> be limited to only one language, but available as an OS service.  Gets 
> me remembering HP's statement that OpenSSL can only be used from C.

FWIW: Byte range locking is (was?) implemented in the lock manager for 
POSIX support.  As such, it is available to any language.

Unfortunately, it is not documented.

Nor do I know if it is supported or regression tested for current VMS 
releases.

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