NAME

IO::File::Lockable - supply lock based methods for I/O File objects

SYNOPSIS

use base qw(IO::File::Lockable);

DESCRIPTION

IO::File::flock inherits from IO::File.

CONSTRUCTOR

new (FILENAME [,OPEN_MODE [,LOCK_METHOD [,TIMEOUT]]]);

    my $fh = new IO::File::Lockable($filename);
    my $fh = new IO::File::Lockable($filename,'<');
    my $fh = new IO::File::Lockable($filename,'>','lock_sh');
    my $fh = new IO::File::Lockable($filename,'<','lock_ex',60);
    etc,etc....

METHODS

$fh->open(FILENAME [,MODE [,LOCK_MODE [,TIMEOUT]]]);

$fh->lock_ex([TIMEOUT]);

$fh->lock_sh([TIMEOUT]);

$fh->lock_un([TIMEOUT]);

AUTHOR

Shin Honda (makoto[at]cpan.org,makoto[at]cpan.jp)

copyright

Copyright (c) 2004- Shin Honda. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

the IO::File manpage