NAME ChangeMode - Change the current mode of a lock or filehandle (V36) SYNOPSIS success = ChangeMode(type, object, newmode) D0 D1 D2 D3 bool changemode(ulong, bptr, ulong) FUNCTION This allows you to attempt to change the mode in use by a lock or filehandle. For example, you could attempt to turn a shared lock into an exclusive lock. The handler may well reject this request. Warning: if you use the wrong type for the object, the system may crash. INPUTS type - Either CHANGE_FH or CHANGE_LOCK object - A lock or filehandle newmode - The new mode you want RESULT success - Boolean BUGS Did not work in 2.02 or before (V36). Works in V37. In the earlier versions, it can crash the machine. SEE ALSO lock(), open()