KLockFile Class Reference

The KLockFile class provides NFS safe lockfiles. More...

#include <klockfile.h>

Inheritance diagram for KLockFile:


Public Types
enum	LockOptions { LockNoBlock = 1, LockForce = 2 }
enum	LockResult { LockOK = 0, LockFail, LockError, LockStale }
typedef KSharedPtr< KLockFile >	Ptr
Public Member Functions
bool	getLockInfo (int &pid, QString &hostname, QString &appname)
bool	isLocked () const
	KLockFile (const QString &file)
LockResult	lock (int options=0)
void	setStaleTime (int _staleTime)
int	staleTime () const
void	unlock ()
	~KLockFile ()

Detailed Description

The KLockFile class provides NFS safe lockfiles.

Author:: Waldo Bastian <bastian@kde.org>

Since:: 3.3

Definition at line 33 of file klockfile.h.

Member Typedef Documentation

typedef KSharedPtr<KLockFile> KLockFile::Ptr

Definition at line 36 of file klockfile.h.

Member Enumeration Documentation

enum KLockFile::LockOptions

Enumerator:

LockNoBlock	Return immediately, do not wait for the lock to become available.
LockForce	Automatically remove a lock when a lock is detected that is stale for more than staleTime() seconds.

Definition at line 70 of file klockfile.h.

enum KLockFile::LockResult

Possible return values of the lock function.

Enumerator:

LockOK	Lock was acquired successfully.
LockFail	The lock could not be acquired because it is held by another process.
LockError	The lock could not be acquired due to an error.
LockStale	A stale lock has been detected.

Definition at line 48 of file klockfile.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

KLockFile::KLockFile ( const QString & file )

Definition at line 65 of file klockfile.cpp.

KLockFile::~KLockFile ( )

Destroys the object, releasing the lock if held.

Definition at line 75 of file klockfile.cpp.

Member Function Documentation

bool KLockFile::getLockInfo	(	int &	pid,
		QString &	hostname,
		QString &	appname
	)

Returns the pid, hostname and appname of the process holding the lock after the lock functon has returned with LockStale.

Returns:: false if the pid and hostname could not be determined

Definition at line 368 of file klockfile.cpp.

bool KLockFile::isLocked ( ) const

Returns whether the lock is held or not.

Definition at line 354 of file klockfile.cpp.

KLockFile::LockResult KLockFile::lock ( int options = 0 )

Attempt to acquire the lock.

Parameters:

options

A set of LockOptions OR'ed together.

Definition at line 240 of file klockfile.cpp.

void KLockFile::setStaleTime ( int _staleTime )

Set the time in seconds after which a lock is considered stale.

Definition at line 89 of file klockfile.cpp.

int KLockFile::staleTime ( ) const

Return the time in seconds after which a lock is considered stale The default is 30.

Definition at line 82 of file klockfile.cpp.

void KLockFile::unlock ( )

Release the lock.

Definition at line 359 of file klockfile.cpp.

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