From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-10-25T05:29:51+09:00
Subject: Re: File#flock as a cross-process mutex

On Wed, 25 Oct 2006, Francis Cianfrocca wrote:

> Has anyone wrapped up File#flock so it can used as a platform-independent
> cross-process mutex? (I'm getting tired of writing the same code into every
> app I do.) Or does anyone have a better idea?

can you elaborate?  do you need to yield the resource and re-aquire it?

-a
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