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single_instance

Function single_instance 

Source
pub fn single_instance(app_id: &str) -> Result<Option<InstanceGuard>>
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Attempts to acquire a named process-wide single-instance guard.

Returns Ok(Some(InstanceGuard)) for the first instance and Ok(None) if another instance with the same app_id is already running.

Examples found in repository?
examples/single_instance.rs (line 2)
1fn main() {
2    match win_desktop_utils::single_instance("demo-app").unwrap() {
3        Some(_guard) => {
4            println!("first instance");
5            println!("press Enter to exit");
6            let mut s = String::new();
7            std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut s).unwrap();
8        }
9        None => {
10            println!("already running");
11        }
12    }
13}