Upstream software project

liblockfile-simple-perl

Simple file locking scheme

Project identity

Project: liblockfile-simple-perl
Publisher: Not authoritatively mapped
Native package records: 5
Operating systems: debian-12, debian-13, opensuse-leap-15-6, opensuse-leap-16-0, opensuse-tumbleweed
License expression: GPL-2.0+ or Artistic-1.0
Quality score: 100/100
Homepage: Visit upstream site
Source repository: Not reported

Upstream description

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This simple locking scheme is not based on any file locking system calls such as 'flock()' or 'lockf()' but rather relies on basic file system primitives and properties, such as the atomicity of the 'write()' system call. It is not meant to be exempt from all race conditions, especially over NFS. The algorithm used is described below in the *ALGORITHM* section. It is possible to customize the locking operations to attempt locking once every 5 seconds for 30 times, or delete stale locks (files that are deemed too ancient) before attempting the locking.

Packages by operating system

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liblockfile-simple-perl
Debian 12 (Bookworm) / perl
0.208-1.1
Perl module for simple advisory file locking
allbookworm
liblockfile-simple-perl
Debian 13 (Trixie) / perl
0.208-1.1
Perl module for simple advisory file locking
alltrixie
perl-LockFile-Simple
openSUSE Leap 15.6 / Development/Libraries/Perl / source perl-LockFile-Simple
0.208-bp156.3.1
Simple file locking scheme
aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-15.6
perl-LockFile-Simple
openSUSE Leap 16.0 / Development/Libraries/Perl / source perl-LockFile-Simple
0.208-bp160.1.11
Simple file locking scheme
aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-16.0
perl-LockFile-Simple
openSUSE Tumbleweed / Development/Libraries/Perl / source perl-LockFile-Simple
0.208-5.38
Simple file locking scheme
x86_64tumbleweed

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