Crate 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().

Examples

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),
        }
    }
}

Structs

Lock	Represents a lock on a file.

Enums

Error

Represents the error that occured while trying to lock or unlock a file.

Functions

lock	Locks the specified file.
lock_wait	Locks the specified file.
unlock	Unlocks the file held by Lock.