Lockfile

LockFile::Simple is a simple file locking scheme. SYNOPSIS use LockFile::Simple qw(lock trylock unlock); # Simple locking using default settings lock("/some/file") || die "cant lock /some/filen"; warn "already lockedn" unless trylock("/some/file"); unlock("/some/file"); # Build...


Platforms: *nix

Simple lockfile to detect previous instances script implements a simple lockfile to ensure that only one instance of an application is alive at any given time.


Platforms: Windows, Mac, *nix, Python, BSD Solaris

The ``flufl.lock`` library provides an NFS-safe file-based locking algorithm influenced by the GNU/Linux `open(2)` manpage, under the description of the `O_EXCL` option:: [...] O_EXCL is broken on NFS file systems, programs which rely on it for performing locking tasks will contain a race...


Platforms: *nix

Squidefender is a perl script which parses a squid log file in native format for attacks. If it finds an attack is sends a complaint email to the ISP of the attacker. It also has the option to execute an external command to take other actions. This can for example be used to automatically adapt...


Platforms: *nix

File::LockDir is a Perl basic filename-level lock utility. SYNOPSIS use File::LockDir; INTERFACE new Initializes the class. Returns the singleton object. nflock($file, $nap_till, $locker, $lockhost) Locks the supplied filename. Only $file is required. $file is the file to be...


Platforms: *nix

rsnapshot is a filesystem snapshot utility for making backups of local and remote systems. Using rsync and hard links, it is possible to keep multiple, full backups instantly available. The disk space required is just a little more than the space of one full backup, plus incrementals....


Platforms: *nix

vzpkg is the suite of OpenVZ template management tools. These tools are used for software installation inside Virtual Private Servers. OpenVZ is an Operating System-level server virtualization solution, built on Linux. OpenVZ creates isolated, secure virtual private servers (VPSs) or virtual...


Platforms: *nix

CGI::Wiki::Kwiki is an instant wiki built on CGI::Wiki. A simple-to-use front-end to CGI::Wiki. It can be used for several purposes: to migrate from a CGI::Kwiki wiki (its original purpose), to provide a quickly set up wiki that can later be extended to use more of CGI::Wikis capabilities, and...


Platforms: *nix

Video::TeletextDB is Perl extension to manage a telextext database. SYNOPSIS use Video::TeletextDB; $tele_db = Video::TeletextDB->new(%options); # Possible options are: # cache_dir => $directory # mkpath => $boolean # umask => $mask # creat => $boolean # RW => $boolean #...


Platforms: *nix