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Today I Learnt: Use flock for atomic file locking
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- Mehdi Akiki
Note · Engineering notes
Acquire exclusive lock on a file and run a command:
flock -n /var/lock/my.lock -c 'do_critical_work'
Short engineering note
Note · Engineering notes
Acquire exclusive lock on a file and run a command:
flock -n /var/lock/my.lock -c 'do_critical_work'