fcntl.2: Add para introducing advisory locks and noting existence of OFD locks

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2014-04-30 08:57:13 +02:00
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.BR O_SYNC
flags; see BUGS, below.
.SS Advisory record locking
Linux implements traditional ("process-associated") UNIX record locks,
as standardized by POSIX.
For a Linux-specific alternative with better semantics,
see the discussion of open file description locks below.
.BR F_SETLK ,
.BR F_SETLKW ,
and