Cross-process read-write synchronization primative in .NET?

Question

Is there a read/write locking mechanism that works across processes (similar to Mutex, but read/write instead exclusive locking)? I would like to allow concurrent read access, but exclusive write access.

Answer 1

System.Threading.Mutex has a mutex that can be used for intra-process communication. If you would like functionality that it doesn't support, it can be implemented via a mutex.

Answer 2

Have you looked at System.Threading.ReaderWriteLock? Here's the MSDN Link.