[sn4k3]

there are any way using/without using SDK (filesystem) functions to reserve a file for writing?

like, reserve file: "cstrike/myfile.txt" for users/plugins/server/etc.. not write on that file

I thinked on fopen() on write mod, but if server crash when file is reserved will create a empty file, any other way?

Other OffTopic question:
Is safe fire events in a threaded function?

thanks.

[BAILOPAN]

I hate to tell you but there is no such word as "reverved." You used it like three times. Did you mean reserve? Or reverse?

HL2 is generally not thread safe.

[sn4k3]

Originally Posted by BAILOPAN I hate to tell you but there is no such word as "reverved." You used it like three times. Did you mean reserve? Or reverse? HL2 is generally not thread safe.

lol yes i mistake the word is reserve sorry

about events things:
i think im using the best way to safe fire events out of thread functions:

void fireQueuedEvents()
{
	for(int i = 0; i < queueEvent.Count(); i++)
	{
		IGameEvent *event = gameeventmanager2->CreateEvent("event_name");
		if(event)
		{
			event->SetString("source", queueEvent[i].srcFile);
			// ...
			// ...
			if(!gameeventmanager2->FireEvent(event))
				Warning(""PLUGIN_TAG_LONG" Problems on fire event 'event_name', skipping that!\n");
		}
		else
			Warning(""PLUGIN_TAG_LONG" Couldn't initalize event 'event_name', skipping that!\n");
		queueEvent.Remove(i);
	}
}

void CServerToolsPlugin::GameFrame( bool simulating )
{
	//Msg("Tick: %f - %f\n", gpGlobals->curtime, engine->Time());
	fireQueuedEvents();
	float curtime = engine->Time();
	if (fLastCurtime == 0)
	{
		fLastCurtime = curtime;
		return;
	}
	if ((curtime - fLastCurtime) >= st_gameframe.GetFloat())
	{
		fLastCurtime = curtime;
		//Msg("In gameframe after 2s\n");
	}
}

After inside thread function i AddTo tail

event_struct fakeEvent;
fakeEvent.srcFile = srcFile;
...
...
queueEvent.AddToTail(fakeEvent);

is that correct? or should i fire event directly from threaded func?

--

and about reserve a file?

[BAILOPAN]

You should never call HL2 functions from another thread unless they explicitly say you can do so.

I do not understand your use case for "reserving files."

[sn4k3]

Originally Posted by BAILOPAN You should never call HL2 functions from another thread unless they explicitly say you can do so. I do not understand your use case for "reserving files."

because my thread can long for some time like 15s - 30s, just prevent server or client write a new file in that place, that cant be deleted by system

for now i just use:
in thread function @ START:

if(g_pFullFileSystem->FileExists(destFile, "MOD"))
{
	if(!replaceDest)
		return false;
	else
		fakeEvent.replaceDest = true; // Event stuff

	if(!g_pFullFileSystem->IsFileWritable(destFile, "MOD"))
	{
		if(!g_pFullFileSystem->SetFileWritable(destFile, true, "MOD"))
		{
			Warning(""PLUGIN_TAG_LONG" Can't write/set writeble file: %s\n", destFile);
			return false;
		}
	}
}

in thread func @ END

if(!g_pFullFileSystem->RenameFile(tempFile, destFile, "MOD"))
{
	Warning(""PLUGIN_TAG_LONG" Can't rename temp file to original destination [%s]! deleting temp file\n", destFile);
	g_pFullFileSystem->RemoveFile(tempFile, "MOD");
	return false;
}