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Bug#599065: ITP: libfile-flock-perl -- file locking with flock



Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de>

* Package name    : libfile-flock-perl
  Version         : 2008.01
  Upstream Author : David Muir Sharnoff <muir@idiom.org>
* URL             : 
* License         : File::Flock may be used/modified/distibuted on the
                    same terms as perl itself.
  Programming Lang: perl
  Description     : file locking with flock

 File locking using the flock() call. If the file to be locked does not
 exist, then the file is created.  If the file was created then it will
 be removed when it is unlocked assuming it's still an empty file.
 .
 Locks can be created by new'ing a File::Flock object.  Such locks
 are automatically removed when the object goes out of scope.  The
 unlock() method may also be used.
 .
 lock_rename() is used to tell File::Flock when a file has been
 renamed (and thus the internal locking data that is stored based
 on the filename should be moved to a new name).  unlock() the
 new name rather than the original name.



I am kind of unsure whether the description, which was automatically
extracted from the module, is appropriate. I tend to shorten it to a
single "File locking using the flock() call" and leave the rest to the
actual docs.



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