>>>>> "Christian" == Christian Stalp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Christian> I have a question regarding process-control. I want to Christian> write a perl script which must not running in more than one Christian> process in the same time. The script creates a directory Christian> copys a zip-file in it, unpack it and reads every file in Christian> this package. However, the files must not get opened by Christian> another process. How can I make sure, that my perl-scipt Christian> runs only in one process, or eaysier, is there a function Christian> "flock" which blocks a whole directory and not only a Christian> single file? See "There Can Be Only One (the HIGHLANDER solution)" at <http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/WebTechniques/col54.html>. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
