#include /* Disable deprecation warning for fopen */ #pragma warning(disable: 4996) /*if run serially, works fine. If run in parallel, someone will attempt to delete a locked file, which will fail */ int main(int argc, char** argv) { FILE* file; int i; const char* fname; if(argc >= 2) { fname = argv[1]; } else { fname = "lockedFile.txt"; } file = fopen(fname, "w"); for(i = 0; i < 10000; i++) { fprintf(file, "%s", "x"); fflush(file); } fclose(file); return remove(fname); }