IO::LockedFile
Copyright (c) 2001 EM-TECH (www.em-tech.net) & Rani Pinchuk.
All rights reserved.
This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
DESCRIPTION
In its simplistic use, the IO::LockedFile class gives us the same
interface of the IO::File class to files with the unique difference
that those files are locked using the flock mechanism. Yet, the
class provides us with the ability to use other schemes then flock.
Example for the use of the class:
use IO::LockedFile;
# create new locked file object. $file will hold a file handle.
# if the file is already locked, the method will not return until the
# file is unlocked
my $file = new IO::LockedFile(">locked1.txt");
# when we close the file - it become unlocked.
$file->close();
PREREQUISITES
IO::File
Fcntl
INSTALLATION
Follow the standard installation procedure for Perl modules, which is to
type the following commands:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
You'll probably need to do the last as root.
AUTHOR NOTES
This class is used for quite a long time in our company
EM-TECH. Yet, it is very new in CPAN. If there are problems,
suggestions or comments - please email me.
Rani Pinchuk
[email protected]
