phpman > perldoc > Mail::Box::Locker::FcntlLock(3pm)

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.

    Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Box::Locker.

METHODS
    Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Box::Locker.

  Constructors
    Extends "Constructors" in Mail::Box::Locker.

    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
          trace    Mail::Reporter     'WARNINGS'

        expires => SECONDS
        file => FILENAME
        folder => FOLDER
        log => LEVEL
        method => STRING|CLASS|ARRAY
        timeout => SECONDS|'NOTIMEOUT'
        trace => LEVEL

  Attributes
    Extends "Attributes" in Mail::Box::Locker.

    $obj->expires( [SECONDS] )
        Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Box::Locker

    $obj->timeout( [SECONDS] )
        Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Box::Locker

  The Locker
    Extends "The Locker" in Mail::Box::Locker.

    $obj->filename( [$filename] )
        Inherited, see "The Locker" in Mail::Box::Locker

    $obj->folder( [$folder] )
        Inherited, see "The Locker" in Mail::Box::Locker

    $obj->name()
        Inherited, see "The Locker" in Mail::Box::Locker

  Locking
    Extends "Locking" in Mail::Box::Locker.

    $obj->hasLock()
        Inherited, see "Locking" in Mail::Box::Locker

    $obj->isLocked()
    $obj->lock()
    $obj->unlock()
        Inherited, see "Locking" in Mail::Box::Locker

  Error handling
    Extends "Error handling" in Mail::Box::Locker.

    $obj->AUTOLOAD()
        Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

    $obj->addReport($object)
        Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

    $obj->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] )
    Mail::Box::Locker::FcntlLock->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level,
    $callback] )
        Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

    $obj->errors()
        Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

    $obj->log( [$level, [$strings]] )
    Mail::Box::Locker::FcntlLock->log( [$level, [$strings]] )
        Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

    $obj->logPriority($level)
    Mail::Box::Locker::FcntlLock->logPriority($level)
        Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

    $obj->logSettings()
        Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

    $obj->notImplemented()
        Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

    $obj->report( [$level] )
        Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

    $obj->reportAll( [$level] )
        Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

    $obj->trace( [$level] )
        Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

    $obj->warnings()
        Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

  Cleanup
    Extends "Cleanup" in Mail::Box::Locker.

    $obj->DESTROY()
        Inherited, see "Cleanup" in Mail::Box::Locker

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 3.009, built on August 18, 2020. Website:
    http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/

LICENSE
    Copyrights 2001-2020 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://dev.perl.org/licenses/