twisted.python.lockfile.FilesystemLock(object)
class documentationtwisted.python.lockfile
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Known subclasses: twisted.internet.defer.DeferredFilesystemLock
A mutex.
This relies on the filesystem property that creating a symlink is an atomic operation and that it will fail if the symlink already exists. Deleting the symlink will release the lock.
Instance Variable | name | The name of the file associated with this lock. |
Instance Variable | clean | Indicates whether this lock was released cleanly by its last owner. Only
meaningful after lock has been called and returns True. |
Instance Variable | locked | Indicates whether the lock is currently held by this object. |
Method | __init__ | Undocumented |
Method | lock | Acquire this lock. |
Method | unlock | Release this lock. |
lock
has been called and returns True.