NAME

            

              
              
File::BasicFlock - file locking with flock
            
          

SYNOPSIS

            

              
              
use File::BasicFlock;
lock($filename);
lock($filename, 'shared');
lock($filename, undef, 'nonblocking');
lock($filename, 'shared', 'nonblocking');
unlock($filename);
            
          

DESCRIPTION

Lock files using the flock() call. The file to be locked must already exist. This is a very thing interface.

AUTHOR

David Muir Sharnoff, <muir@idiom.com>