Lock Directory


RequestLock and ReleaseLock operate by atomically creating and destroying a temporary directory. We name the directory after the script so that we will lock out other copies of that script, but not other scripts. 

  $LockDirectory = "[Blank /tmp]/$ScriptName";
For example, the script wiki might use a lock directory of /tmp/wiki.

 
Last edited December 19, 1995
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