source: gsdl/trunk/perllib/gflock.pm@ 15073

###########################################################################
#
# gflock.pm - an attempt to use flock only on those platforms
# on which it's supported (i.e. everything but Windows 95/98)
#
# A component of the Greenstone digital library software
# from the New Zealand Digital Library Project at the 
# University of Waikato, New Zealand.
#
# Copyright (C) 1999 New Zealand Digital Library Project
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
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#
###########################################################################

package gflock;

use Fcntl ':flock';

# returns true if successful (or if OS is a form of windows other than NT)
sub lock {
    my ($handle) = @_;

    if ($ENV{'GSDLOS'} eq "windows" && !Win32::IsWinNT()) {
    return 1;
    } else {
    return flock($handle, LOCK_EX);
    }
}

# returns true if successful (or if OS is a form of windows other than NT)
sub unlock {
    my ($handle) = @_;

    if ($ENV{'GSDLOS'} eq "windows" && !Win32::IsWinNT()) {
    return 1;
    } else {
    return flock($handle, LOCK_UN);
    }
}

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