NAME

Mail::Box::Locker::FcntlLock - lock a folder using File::FcntlLock

INHERITANCE

Mail::Box::Locker::FcntlLock
  is a Mail::Box::Locker
  is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS

See Mail::Box::Locker

DESCRIPTION

This locker object is uses File::FcntlLock, and was contributed by Jim in Aus. It is close to Mail::Box::Locker::POSIX, but does work on more systems, for instance Darwin.

You will need to install File::FcntlLock separately: there is no dependency to it by the MailBox distribution.

METHODS

Constructors

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

-Option --Defined in     --Default
 expires  Mail::Box::Locker  1 hour
 file     Mail::Box::Locker  undef
 folder   Mail::Box::Locker  <undef>
 log      Mail::Reporter   'WARNINGS'
 method   Mail::Box::Locker  FcntlLock
 timeout  Mail::Box::Locker  10 seconds
 trace    Mail::Reporter   'WARNINGS'

expires => SECONDS

file => FILENAME

folder => FOLDER

log => LEVEL

method => STRING|CLASS|ARRAY

timeout => SECONDS|'NOTIMEOUT'

trace => LEVEL

The Locker

$obj->filename([FILENAME])

See "The Locker" in Mail::Box::Locker

$obj->folder([FOLDER])

See "The Locker" in Mail::Box::Locker

$obj->name()

See "The Locker" in Mail::Box::Locker

Locking

$obj->hasLock()

See "Locking" in Mail::Box::Locker

$obj->isLocked()

$obj->lock()

$obj->unlock()

See "Locking" in Mail::Box::Locker

Error handling

$obj->AUTOLOAD()

See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->addReport(OBJECT)

See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

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

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

See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->errors()

See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

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

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

See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->logPriority(LEVEL)

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

See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->logSettings()

See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->notImplemented()

See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->report([LEVEL])

See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->reportAll([LEVEL])

See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->trace([LEVEL])

See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->warnings()

See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

Cleanup

$obj->DESTROY()

See "Cleanup" in Mail::Box::Locker

$obj->inGlobalDestruction()

See "Cleanup" in Mail::Reporter

DIAGNOSTICS

Warning: Folder $folder already lockf'd

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.

Error: Unable to check lock file $filename for $folder: $!

To check whether the filename is used to flock a folder, the file must be opened. Apparently this fails, which does not mean that the folder is locked neither that it is unlocked.

Error: Unable to open FcntlLock lock file $filename for $folder: $!

For FcntlLock style locking, a folder it must be opened, which does not succeed for the specified reason.

Error: Will never get a FcntlLock lock at $filename for $folder: $!

Tried to lock the folder, but it did not succeed. The error code received from the OS indicates that it will not succeed ever, so we do not need to try again.

SEE ALSO

This module is part of Mail-Box distribution version 2.105, built on May 07, 2012. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/

LICENSE

Copyrights 2001-2012 by [Mark Overmeer]. For other contributors see ChangeLog.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html