[ace-users] ACE_FILE_LOCK using handle owned by ACE_FILE_LOCK

[Gudugunta, Sukumar]

Hi All

We are using ACE_FILE_LOCK object to lock the file (read/write). Here am using   set handle (ACE_HANDLE) method to set the handle for the lock.
Can anyone let me know why we need to set this handle?

Once we acquire the lock can I use the same handle to truncate and rewrite the whole file? Does it cause any dead locks?

int err= 0;
  err = ACE_OS::ftruncate(m_lock.get_handle(),0);
  //Here we have opened the two handles(Open method) above. using m_handle we can't overwrite first byts of the file
  //Since the iFileLocK mechanism locks the first byte of the file.hence using the handle owned by m_lock to overwrite the entire file
  ACE_UINT64 qwPosition = 0;
  if(!Stentor::FileSeek(m_lock.get_handle(),offset,FILE_BEGIN, qwPosition))
    throw OSError("FileSeek failed",m_path.c_str(),THISFILE,__LINE__);

  if(ACE_OS::write(m_lock.get_handle(),buffer,size)!=size)
  throw OSError("Write failed",m_path.c_str(),THISFILE,__LINE__);


As per my understanding ACE_FILE_LOCK locks the offset of first byte in the file. Please let me know if this is correct?
Thanks in advance

-Sukumar

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