NAME

file-lock - File locking via POSIX advisory record locks

This crate provides the facility to lock and unlock a file following the advisory record lock scheme as specified by UNIX IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (POSIX.1) via fcntl().

USAGE

extern crate file_lock;

use file_lock::*;
use file_lock::Error::*;

fn main() {
  let l = lock("/tmp/file-lock-test");

  match l {
      Ok(_)  => println!("Got lock"),
      Err(e) => match e {
        InvalidFilename => println!("Invalid filename"),
        Errno(i)        => println!("Got filesystem error {}", i),
      }
  }
}

SUPPORT

Please report any bugs or feature requests at:

• https://github.com/alfiedotwtf/file-lock/issues

Watch the repository and keep up with the latest changes:

• https://github.com/alfiedotwtf/file-lock/subscription

Feel free to fork the repository and submit pull requests :)

DEPENDENCIES

• gcc

SEE ALSO

• Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

AUTHOR

Alfie John <alfie@alfie.wtf>

WARRANTY

IT COMES WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2015 by Alfie John

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.