NAME

Tie::Handle::Flock - exclusive locking write handle

VERSION

Version 0.01

SYNOPSIS

        use Tie::Handle::Flock;

        tie *FH, 'Tie::Handle::Flock', '>', 'some_file.txt';

        print FH "exclusive lock obtained for duration of the write\n";

METHODS

WRITE

method called when something writes to the filehandle

PRINT

method called when something prints to the filehandle

PRINTF

method called when something prints formatted text to the filehandle

lock

method called to obtoin an exclusive lock on the filehandle prior to any write activity

unlock

method called to release the exclusive lock after the write is complete

AUTHOR

Ivan Heffner, <iheffner at gmail.com>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-tie-handle-flock at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Tie-Handle-Flock. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc Tie::Handle::Flock

You can also look for information at:

• RT: CPAN's request tracker

  http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Tie-Handle-Flock

• AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

  http://annocpan.org/dist/Tie-Handle-Flock

• CPAN Ratings

  http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Tie-Handle-Flock

• Search CPAN

  http://search.cpan.org/dist/Tie-Handle-Flock/

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2009 Ivan Heffner, all rights reserved.

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