multi threaded file access

Hello

I have a tcp/ip server which is offcourse multi threaded :-)

Is it safe to have to threads access the same file descriptor at the same time? Or should I put a mutex over the file descriptor?

Thanks for your help
-Heinrich

Hello Heinrich,

Friday, December 6, 2002, 6:39:29 AM, you wrote:

HdT> Hello

HdT> I have a tcp/ip server which is offcourse multi threaded :-)

HdT> Is it safe to have to threads access the same file descriptor at the HdT> same time?
HdT> Or should I put a mutex over the file descriptor?

HdT> Thanks for your help
HdT> -Heinrich

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Put a mutex over the writing to file descriptor. Depends on how much and what you are writing, it could makes lines combine with each other into a bunch of garbled letters.

Thanks,

Best regards,
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