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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Locking issue Post 302241736 by hariza on Tuesday 30th of September 2008 05:34:09 AM
Old 09-30-2008
Hi Jim,

I have a similar requirement which is basically to detect whether a file ie being locked before I can go and modify it. Is there any possible and simple way that I can check that the file is not being locked by another process. thanks a lot.

Harby.
 

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Mail::Box::Locker::FcntlLock(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation			 Mail::Box::Locker::FcntlLock(3pm)

NAME
Mail::Box::Locker::FcntlLock - lock a folder using File::FcntlLock INHERITANCE
Mail::Box::Locker::FcntlLock is a Mail::Box::Locker is a Mail::Reporter SYNOPSIS
See Mail::Box::Locker DESCRIPTION
This locker object is uses File::FcntlLock, and was contributed by Jim in Aus. It is close to Mail::Box::Locker::POSIX, but does work on more systems, for instance Darwin. You will need to install File::FcntlLock separately: there is no dependency to it by the MailBox distribution. METHODS
Constructors Mail::Box::Locker::FcntlLock->new(OPTIONS) -Option --Defined in --Default expires Mail::Box::Locker 1 hour file Mail::Box::Locker undef folder Mail::Box::Locker <undef> log Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS' method Mail::Box::Locker FcntlLock timeout Mail::Box::Locker 10 seconds trace Mail::Reporter 'WARNINGS' expires => SECONDS file => FILENAME folder => FOLDER log => LEVEL method => STRING|CLASS|ARRAY timeout => SECONDS|'NOTIMEOUT' trace => LEVEL The Locker $obj->filename([FILENAME]) See "The Locker" in Mail::Box::Locker $obj->folder([FOLDER]) See "The Locker" in Mail::Box::Locker $obj->name() See "The Locker" in Mail::Box::Locker Locking $obj->hasLock() See "Locking" in Mail::Box::Locker $obj->isLocked() $obj->lock() $obj->unlock() See "Locking" in Mail::Box::Locker Error handling $obj->AUTOLOAD() See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter $obj->addReport(OBJECT) See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter $obj->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK]) Mail::Box::Locker::FcntlLock->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK]) See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter $obj->errors() See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter $obj->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]]) Mail::Box::Locker::FcntlLock->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]]) See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter $obj->logPriority(LEVEL) Mail::Box::Locker::FcntlLock->logPriority(LEVEL) See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter $obj->logSettings() See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter $obj->notImplemented() See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter $obj->report([LEVEL]) See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter $obj->reportAll([LEVEL]) See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter $obj->trace([LEVEL]) See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter $obj->warnings() See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter Cleanup $obj->DESTROY() See "Cleanup" in Mail::Box::Locker $obj->inGlobalDestruction() See "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter DIAGNOSTICS
Warning: Folder $folder already lockf'd Error: Package $package does not implement $method. Fatal error: the specific package (or one of its superclasses) does not implement this method where it should. This message means that some other related classes do implement this method however the class at hand does not. Probably you should investigate this and probably inform the author of the package. Error: Unable to check lock file $filename for $folder: $! To check whether the filename is used to flock a folder, the file must be opened. Apparently this fails, which does not mean that the folder is locked neither that it is unlocked. Error: Unable to open FcntlLock lock file $filename for $folder: $! For FcntlLock style locking, a folder it must be opened, which does not succeed for the specified reason. Error: Will never get a FcntlLock lock at $filename for $folder: $! Tried to lock the folder, but it did not succeed. The error code received from the OS indicates that it will not succeed ever, so we do not need to try again. SEE ALSO
This module is part of Mail-Box distribution version 2.105, built on May 07, 2012. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/ LICENSE
Copyrights 2001-2012 by [Mark Overmeer]. For other contributors see ChangeLog. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html perl v5.14.2 2012-05-07 Mail::Box::Locker::FcntlLock(3pm)
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