Java tutorial
import java.io.File; import java.io.RandomAccessFile; import java.nio.channels.FileChannel; import java.nio.channels.FileLock; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { File file = new File("filename"); FileChannel channel = new RandomAccessFile(file, "rw").getChannel(); FileLock lock = channel.lock(0, Long.MAX_VALUE, true); lock = channel.tryLock(0, Long.MAX_VALUE, true); boolean isShared = lock.isShared(); lock.release(); channel.close(); } }