This package is called flufl.lock. It is an NFS-safe file-based lock with timeouts for POSIX systems.
flufl.lock requires Python 2.6 or newer, and is compatible with Python 3.
A simple guide to using the library is available within this package, in the form of doctests.
- Project home: https://gitlab.com/warsaw/flufl.lock
- Report bugs at: https://gitlab.com/warsaw/flufl.lock/issues
- Code hosting: git@gitlab.com:warsaw/flufl.lock.git
- Documentation: http://flufllock.readthedocs.org/
You can install it with pip:
% pip install flufl.lock
You can grab the latest development copy of the code using git. The master repository is hosted on GitLab. If you have git installed, you can grab your own branch of the code like this:
$ git clone git@gitlab.com:warsaw/flufl.lock.git
You may contact the author via barry@python.org.
Copyright (C) 2004-2015 Barry A. Warsaw
This file is part of flufl.lock.
flufl.lock is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
flufl.lock is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with flufl.lock. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.