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--- --
--- GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS --
--- --
--- G N A T . L O C K _ F I L E S --
--- --
--- S p e c --
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--- $Revision: 1.1 $
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-
- -- This package contains the necessary routines for using files for the
- -- purpose of providing realiable system wide locking capability.
-
-package GNAT.Lock_Files is
-pragma Preelaborate;
-
- Lock_Error : exception;
- -- Exception raised if file cannot be locked
-
- procedure Lock_File
- (Directory : String;
- Lock_File_Name : String;
- Wait : Duration := 1.0;
- Retries : Natural := Natural'Last);
- -- Create a lock file Lock_File_Name in directory Directory. If the file
- -- cannot be locked because someone already owns the lock, this procedure
- -- waits Wait seconds and retries at most Retries times. If the file
- -- still cannot be locked, Lock_Error is raised. The default is to try
- -- every second, almost forever (Natural'Last times).
-
- procedure Lock_File
- (Lock_File_Name : String;
- Wait : Duration := 1.0;
- Retries : Natural := Natural'Last);
- -- See above. The full lock file path is given as one string.
-
- procedure Unlock_File (Directory : String; Lock_File_Name : String);
- -- Unlock a file
-
- procedure Unlock_File (Lock_File_Name : String);
- -- Unlock a file whose full path is given in Lock_File_Name
-
-end GNAT.Lock_Files;