=head1 NAME
Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock - lock a folder with a separate file
=head1 INHERITANCE
Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock
is a Mail::Box::Locker
is a Mail::Reporter
=head1 SYNOPSIS
See Mail::Box::Locker
=head1 DESCRIPTION
The C<::DotLock> object lock the folder by creating a file with the
same name as the folder, extended by C<.lock>.
=head1 METHODS
=head2 Constructors
Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock-E<gt>B<new>(OPTIONS)
=over 4
-Option --Defined in --Default
expires L<Mail::Box::Locker> 1 hour
file <folderfile>C<.lock>
folder L<Mail::Box::Locker> <required>
log L<Mail::Reporter> C<'WARNINGS'>
method L<Mail::Box::Locker> C<'DOTLOCK'>
timeout L<Mail::Box::Locker> 10 seconds
trace L<Mail::Reporter> C<'WARNINGS'>
. expires SECONDS
. file FILENAME
=over 4
Name of the file to lock. By default, the folder's name is extended with
C<.lock>.
=back
. folder FOLDER
. log LEVEL
. method STRING|CLASS|ARRAY
. timeout SECONDS|'NOTIMEOUT'
. trace LEVEL
=back
=head2 The Locker
$obj-E<gt>B<filename>([FILENAME])
=over 4
See L<Mail::Box::Locker/"The Locker">
=back
$obj-E<gt>B<folder>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Box::Locker/"The Locker">
=back
$obj-E<gt>B<name>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Box::Locker/"The Locker">
=back
=head2 Locking
$obj-E<gt>B<hasLock>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Box::Locker/"Locking">
=back
$obj-E<gt>B<isLocked>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Box::Locker/"Locking">
=back
$obj-E<gt>B<lock>
=over 4
=back
$obj-E<gt>B<unlock>
=over 4
=back
=head2 Error handling
$obj-E<gt>B<AUTOLOAD>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">
=back
$obj-E<gt>B<addReport>(OBJECT)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">
=back
$obj-E<gt>B<defaultTrace>([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])
Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock-E<gt>B<defaultTrace>([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])
=over 4
See L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">
=back
$obj-E<gt>B<errors>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">
=back
$obj-E<gt>B<log>([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])
Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock-E<gt>B<log>([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])
=over 4
See L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">
=back
$obj-E<gt>B<logPriority>(LEVEL)
Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock-E<gt>B<logPriority>(LEVEL)
=over 4
See L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">
=back
$obj-E<gt>B<logSettings>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">
=back
$obj-E<gt>B<notImplemented>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">
=back
$obj-E<gt>B<report>([LEVEL])
=over 4
See L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">
=back
$obj-E<gt>B<reportAll>([LEVEL])
=over 4
See L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">
=back
$obj-E<gt>B<trace>([LEVEL])
=over 4
See L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">
=back
$obj-E<gt>B<warnings>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Reporter/"Error handling">
=back
=head2 Cleanup
$obj-E<gt>B<DESTROY>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Box::Locker/"Cleanup">
=back
$obj-E<gt>B<inGlobalDestruction>
=over 4
See L<Mail::Reporter/"Cleanup">
=back
=head1 DIAGNOSTICS
I<Warning:> Couldn't remove lockfile $lock: $!
I<Error:> Failed to remove expired lockfile $lockfile: $!
I<Warning:> Folder already locked with file $lockfile
I<Error:> Package $package does not implement $method.
Fatal error: the specific package (or one of its superclasses) does not
implement this method where it should. This message means that some other
related classes do implement this method however the class at hand does
not. Probably you should investigate this and probably inform the author
of the package.
I<Warning:> Removed expired lockfile $lockfile
=head1 REFERENCES
See the MailBox website at L<http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/> for more details.
=head1 COPYRIGHTS
Distribution version 2.066.
Written by Mark Overmeer (mark@overmeer.net). See the ChangeLog for
other contributors.
Copyright (c) 2001-2003 by the author(s). All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.