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This is my first alpha release of File::Lock, my version of the code
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greatfully provided by Jarrko. I've mucked about with it quite a bit,
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and there are a few policy decisions you might not agree with:
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All of the locking functions (see t/* for full details),
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File::lock::(lockf/flock/fcntl) are not exported from File::Lock. They all
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take the same set of arguments: FileHandle, mode, pos, whence, length.
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(Except for lockf, which doesn't take the position arguments.) Mode is two
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characters, and can be "wb" for write-lock/non-blocking, or "rn", for
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read-lock/blocking. Most other characters will work fine. (Look in typemap)
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pos, whence, and length default to "the whole file". Use "u" to unlock a
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handle.
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The only OO interface is via "new File::Lock()" which uses
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File::Lock::fcntl. If it were working properly, then the lock would be
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unlocked on destruction. But it isn't.
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File::Lock::lockfile isn't written yet, but will be.
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You can use a mode of "t" or "i" to get info/test a lock. fcntl in array context
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will return an array consisting of all the usual fcntl data. In any other case, a single
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letter is returned, "u", "w", or "r", for the detected locking mode. (or unlocked.)
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All calls return true if successful. Currently no mucking about with errno is done, so it
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might not be the same for the same condition on all systems.
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If you need real fcntl() and it's constants, use Fcntl. File::Lock does
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optionally export SEEK_*, and LOCK_EX|UN|SH, though. (I don't remember why,
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though, on the latter.)
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Any comments, complaints, or bug patches would be greatly appreciated.
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--
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Kenneth Albanowski (kjahds@kjahds.com, CIS: 70705,126)
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