Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock(3)

NAME
Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock - lock a folder with a separate file

INHERITANCE
 Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock
   is a Mail::Box::Locker
   is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS
 See Mail::Box::Locker

DESCRIPTION
The "::DotLock" object lock the folder by creating a file with the same name as the folder, extended by ".lock".

Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Box::Locker.

METHODS
Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Box::Locker.

  Constructors
Extends "Constructors" in Mail::Box::Locker.

Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock->new(%options)
    Name of the file to lock. By default, the folder's name is extended with ".lock".

     -Option      --Defined in       --Default
      dotlock_file                     <undef>
      expires       Mail::Box::Locker  1 hour
      file          Mail::Box::Locker  <folderfile>.lock
      folder        Mail::Box::Locker  <undef>
      log           Mail::Reporter     'WARNINGS'
      method        Mail::Box::Locker  'DOTLOCK'
      timeout       Mail::Box::Locker  10
      trace         Mail::Reporter     'WARNINGS'

    dotlock_file => FILENAME
        Alternative name for "file", especially useful to confusion when the multi locker is used.

    expires => SECONDS
    file => FILENAME
    folder => FOLDER
    log => LEVEL
    method => STRING|CLASS|ARRAY
    timeout => SECONDS|'NOTIMEOUT'
    trace => LEVEL

  Attributes
Extends "Attributes" in Mail::Box::Locker.

$obj->expires( [SECONDS] )
    Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Box::Locker

$obj->timeout( [SECONDS] )
    Inherited, see "Attributes" in Mail::Box::Locker

  The Locker
Extends "The Locker" in Mail::Box::Locker.

$obj->filename( [$filename] )
    Inherited, see "The Locker" in Mail::Box::Locker

$obj->folder( [$folder] )
    Inherited, see "The Locker" in Mail::Box::Locker

$obj->name()
    Inherited, see "The Locker" in Mail::Box::Locker

  Locking
Extends "Locking" in Mail::Box::Locker.

$obj->hasLock()
    Inherited, see "Locking" in Mail::Box::Locker

$obj->isLocked()
    Inherited, see "Locking" in Mail::Box::Locker

$obj->lock()
$obj->unlock()

  Error handling
Extends "Error handling" in Mail::Box::Locker.

$obj->AUTOLOAD()
    Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->addReport($object)
    Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] )
Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock->defaultTrace( [$level]|[$loglevel, $tracelevel]|[$level, $callback] )
    Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->errors()
    Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->log( [$level, [$strings]] )
Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock->log( [$level, [$strings]] )
    Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->logPriority($level)
Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock->logPriority($level)
    Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->logSettings()
    Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->notImplemented()
    Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->report( [$level] )
    Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->reportAll( [$level] )
    Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->trace( [$level] )
    Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

$obj->warnings()
    Inherited, see "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

  Cleanup
Extends "Cleanup" in Mail::Box::Locker.

$obj->DESTROY()
    Inherited, see "Cleanup" in Mail::Box::Locker

DIAGNOSTICS

Warning: Couldn't remove lockfile $lock: $!
Error: Failed to remove expired lockfile $lockfile: $!
Warning: Folder already locked with file $lockfile
Error: Package $package does not implement $method.
    Fatal error: the specific package (or one of its superclasses) does not implement this method where it should. This message means that some other related classes do implement this method however the class at hand does not. Probably you should investigate this and probably inform the author of the package.

Warning: Removed expired lockfile $lockfile

SEE ALSO
This module is part of Mail-Box distribution version 3.011, built on April 18, 2025. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/

LICENSE
Copyrights 2001-2025 by [Mark Overmeer]. For other contributors see ChangeLog.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/