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holding the lock, ensuring lockfile removal on program exit. if a program is specified to be run rlock will spawn a background thread to kept the lockfile 'fresh' by touching it at a regular interval. in this way a lease is maintained on the lockfile and other processes attempting to obtain the lock can determine that it is in use. WWW: http://www.codeforpeople.com/lib/ruby/lockfile/ PR: ports/131023 Submitted by: Dennis Herrmann <adox at mcx2.org>
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rlock creates NFS safe lockfiles. it can optionally run a program while
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holding the lock, ensuring lockfile removal on program exit. if a program
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is specified to be run rlock will spawn a background thread to kept the
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lockfile 'fresh' by touching it at a regular interval. in this way a lease
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is maintained on the lockfile and other processes attempting to obtain the
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lock can determine that it is in use.
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WWW: http://www.codeforpeople.com/lib/ruby/lockfile/
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