files.lock

files.lock

Functions

Name	Description
LockFile	Create a blocking context with a lock file

LockFile

files.lock.LockFile(
    locked_file,
    ext='.lock',
    interval=1,
    timeout=0,
    create_dir=True,
)

Create a blocking context with a lock file

timeout: timeout in seconds, waiting to the lock to be released. If negative, disable lock files entirely.

interval: interval in seconds

Example: with LockFile(‘/dir/to/file.txt’): # create a file ‘/dir/to/file.txt.lock’ including a filesystem lock # the context will enter once the lock is released