NAME

Linux::Pidfile - Pidfile handling to help control processes.

SYNOPSIS

    use Linux::Pidfile;
    my $Pid = Linux::Pidfile::->new();
    $Pid->create() or die('Already running!');
    # ...
    $Pid->remove();

DESCRIPTION

Pidfile handling to help processes avoid running multiple times.

METHODS

BUILD

Initialize the pidfile location.

DEMOLISH

Placeholder.

create

Try to create a new pidfile, if the proc is already running exit with false.

pid_is_running

Return true if a process with the given pid is already running.

pidfile_is_running

Return true if the pidfile is configured, exists and a process with this pid is running.

this_script_is_running

Return true if this script is running.

remove

Remove the pidfile. Should be called when the invoking process is about to exit.

NAME

Linux::Pidfile - Pidfile handling to help processes avoid running multiple times.

AUTHOR

Dominik Schulz <dominik.schulz@gauner.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Dominik Schulz.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.