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HDS_LOCK - Lock container file   

Description:
Lock a container file in update mode; this protects the file from being accessed by other writers. The file remains explicitly locked until HDS_FREE is called or until the file is physically closed.

Invocation:
CALL HDS_LOCK( LOC, STATUS )

Arguments:
LOC = CHARACTER * ( DAT__SZLOC ) (Given)
Locator to the container file's top-level object.
STATUS = INTEGER (Given and Returned)
The global status.



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HDS Hierarchical Data System
Starlink User Note 92
R.F. Warren-Smith & M.D. Lawden
23rd February 1999
E-mail:rfws@star.rl.ac.uk

Copyright (C) 1999 Central Laboratory of the Research Councils