Locked...::Flock(3pm)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so, real talk: this page is Locked...::Flock(3pm) in the Perl docs, and what it actually documents is IO::LockedFile::Flock — the little class that makes the Flock scheme work for IO::LockedFile. it's giving "the Flock plug-in" energy, and we're obsessed. 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

like, just go look at the big one bestie:

See IO::LockedFile;

that's it. that's the whole synopsis. iconic, honestly. 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so what does this class actually do? it implements the two methods lock and unlock for the Flock scheme. that's the vibe. no cap, that's the entire job description. 🎀

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

the main characters behind this:

• Rani Pinchuk, rani@cpan.org
• Rob Napier, rnapier@employees.org

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🫶 COPYRIGHT 🫶

Copyright (c) 2001-2002 Ockham Technology N.V. & Rani Pinchuk. All rights reserved. This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

so like, it's free free — same terms as Perl itself, go off. 🌈

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• IO::File(3)
• IO::LockedFile(3)

the way that IO::LockedFile(3) is literally the parent bestie and this one is its flock-flavoured spin-off... iykyk. ✨

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ok that's the whole page, and it came from perl v5.36.0, dated 2022-11-19, filed under Locked...::Flock(3pm). mwah, go lock some files responsibly, bestie 💜🧚⭐