NAME

       Mail::Box::Locker::NFS - lock a folder with a separate file, NFS-safe

INHERITANCE

        Mail::Box::Locker::NFS
          is a Mail::Box::Locker
          is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS

        See Mail::Box::Locker

DESCRIPTION

       Like the "::DotLock" locker, but then in an NFS-safe fashion.  Over NFS, the creation of a file is not
       atomic.  The "::DotLock" locker depends on an atomic "open" system call, hence in not usable to lock a
       folder which accessed over NFS.  The "::NFS" locker is therefore more complicated (so therefore slower),
       but will work for NFS --and for local disks as well.

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

METHODS

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

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

       Mail::Box::Locker::NFS->new(%options)
            -Option --Defined in       --Default
             expires  Mail::Box::Locker  1 hour
             file     Mail::Box::Locker  undef
             folder   Mail::Box::Locker  <undef>
             log      Mail::Reporter     'WARNINGS'
             method   Mail::Box::Locker  'NFS'
             timeout  Mail::Box::Locker  10
             trace    Mail::Reporter     'WARNINGS'

           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()
           Inherited, see "Locking" in Mail::Box::Locker

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

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

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

       $obj->logPriority($level)
       Mail::Box::Locker::NFS->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: Folder $folder already locked over nfs
           Do not try to lock the folder when the application already has the lock: it will give you dead-locks.

       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 $filename.
           A lock file was found which was older than the expiration period as specified with new(timeout).  The
           lock file was successfully removed.

       Error: Unable to remove expired lockfile $lockfile: $!
           A lock file was found which was older than the expiration period as specified with  the  new(timeout)
           option.   It  is  impossible  to  remove that lock file, so we need to wait until it vanishes by some
           external cause.

SEE ALSO

       This module  is  part  of  Mail-Box  distribution  version  3.010,  built  on  July  18,  2023.  Website:
       http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/

LICENSE

       Copyrights 2001-2023 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/

perl v5.36.0                                       2023-12-11                        Mail::Box::Locker::NFS(3pm)