NAME
Linux::Pidfile - Pidfile handling to help control processes.
SYNOPSIS
use Linux::Pidfile;
my $Pid = Linux::Pidfile::->new();
$Pid->create() or die('Already running!');
# ...
$Pid->remove();
DESCRIPTION
Pidfile handling to help processes avoid running multiple times.
METHODS
BUILD
Initialize the pidfile location.
DEMOLISH
Placeholder.
create
Try to create a new pidfile, if the proc is already running exit with
false.
pid_is_running
Return true if a process with the given pid is already running.
pidfile_is_running
Return true if the pidfile is configured, exists and a process with this
pid is running.
this_script_is_running
Return true if this script is running.
remove
Remove the pidfile. Should be called when the invoking process is about
to exit.
NAME
Linux::Pidfile - Pidfile handling to help processes avoid running
multiple times.
AUTHOR
Dominik Schulz <
[email protected]>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Dominik Schulz.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
