NAME

Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock - lock a folder with a separate file

INHERITANCE

Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock
  is a Mail::Box::Locker
  is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS

See Mail::Box::Locker

DESCRIPTION

The ::DotLock object lock the folder by creating a file with the same name as the folder, extended by .lock.

METHODS

Constructors

Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock->new(OPTIONS)

    Option --Defined in     --Default
    expires  Mail::Box::Locker  1 hour
    file                      <folderfile>.lock
    folder   Mail::Box::Locker  <required>
    log      Mail::Reporter   'WARNINGS'
    method   Mail::Box::Locker  'DOTLOCK'
    timeout  Mail::Box::Locker  10 seconds
    trace    Mail::Reporter   'WARNINGS'

    . expires SECONDS

    . file FILENAME

      Name of the file to lock. By default, the folder's name is extended with .lock.

    . folder FOLDER

    . log LEVEL

    . method STRING|CLASS|ARRAY

    . timeout SECONDS|'NOTIMEOUT'

    . trace LEVEL

The Locker

$obj->filename([FILENAME])

$obj->folder

$obj->name

Locking

$obj->hasLock

$obj->isLocked

$obj->lock

$obj->unlock

Error handling

$obj->AUTOLOAD

$obj->addReport(OBJECT)

$obj->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])

Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])

$obj->errors

$obj->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])

Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])

$obj->logPriority(LEVEL)

Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock->logPriority(LEVEL)

$obj->logSettings

$obj->notImplemented

$obj->report([LEVEL])

$obj->reportAll([LEVEL])

$obj->trace([LEVEL])

$obj->warnings

Cleanup

$obj->DESTROY

$obj->inGlobalDestruction

DIAGNOSTICS

Warning: Couldn't remove lockfile $lock: $!

Error: Failed to remove expired lockfile $lockfile: $!

Warning: Folder already locked with file $lockfile

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.

Warning: Removed expired lockfile $lockfile

REFERENCES

See the MailBox website at http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/ for more details.

COPYRIGHTS

Distribution version 2.069. Written by Mark Overmeer (mark@overmeer.net). See the ChangeLog for other contributors.

Copyright (c) 2001-2006 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.