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

NAME

       Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock - lock a folder with a separate file

INHERITANCE

	Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock
	  is a Mail::Box::Locker
	  is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS

	See Mail::Box::Locker

DESCRIPTION

       The "::DotLock" object lock the folder by creating a file with the same name as the folder, extended by ".lock".

METHODS

   Constructors
       Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock->new(OPTIONS)
	   Name of the file to lock.  By default, the folder's name is extended with ".lock".

	    -Option	 --Defined in	  --Default
	     dotlock_file		    <undef>
	     expires	   Mail::Box::Locker  1 hour
	     file	   Mail::Box::Locker  <folderfile>.lock
	     folder	   Mail::Box::Locker  <undef>
	     log	   Mail::Reporter   'WARNINGS'
	     method	   Mail::Box::Locker  'DOTLOCK'
	     timeout	   Mail::Box::Locker  10 seconds
	     trace	   Mail::Reporter   'WARNINGS'

	   dotlock_file => FILENAME
	     Alternative name for "file", especially useful to confusion when the multi locker is used.

	   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()
	   See "Locking" in Mail::Box::Locker

       $obj->lock()
       $obj->unlock()

   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::DotLock->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::DotLock->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])
	   See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->logPriority(LEVEL)
       Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock->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: Couldn't remove lockfile $lock: $!
       Error: Failed to remove expired lockfile $lockfile: $!
       Warning: Folder already locked with file $lockfile
       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.

       Warning: Removed expired lockfile $lockfile

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::DotLock(3pm)