NAME

       Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock - lock a folder with a separate file

INHERITANCE

        Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock
          is a Mail::Box::Locker
          is a Mail::Reporter

SYNOPSIS

        See Mail::Box::Locker

DESCRIPTION

       The "::DotLock" object lock the folder by creating a file with the same name as the
       folder, extended by ".lock".

       See documentation in the base class.

METHODS

       See documentation in the base class.

   Constructors
       See documentation in the base class.

       Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock->new(OPTIONS)
           Name of the file to lock.  By default, the folder's name is extended with ".lock".

            -Option      --Defined in       --Default
             dotlock_file                     <undef>
             expires       Mail::Box::Locker  1 hour
             file          Mail::Box::Locker  <folderfile>.lock
             folder        Mail::Box::Locker  <undef>
             log           Mail::Reporter     'WARNINGS'
             method        Mail::Box::Locker  'DOTLOCK'
             timeout       Mail::Box::Locker  10 seconds
             trace         Mail::Reporter     'WARNINGS'

           dotlock_file => FILENAME
             Alternative name for "file", especially useful to confusion when the multi locker is
             used.

           expires => SECONDS
           file => FILENAME
           folder => FOLDER
           log => LEVEL
           method => STRING|CLASS|ARRAY
           timeout => SECONDS|'NOTIMEOUT'
           trace => LEVEL

   The Locker
       See documentation in the base class.

       $obj->filename([FILENAME])
           See "The Locker" in Mail::Box::Locker

       $obj->folder([FOLDER])
           See "The Locker" in Mail::Box::Locker

       $obj->name()
           See "The Locker" in Mail::Box::Locker

   Locking
       See documentation in the base class.

       $obj->hasLock()
           See "Locking" in Mail::Box::Locker

       $obj->isLocked()
           See "Locking" in Mail::Box::Locker

       $obj->lock()
       $obj->unlock()

   Error handling
       See documentation in the base class.

       $obj->AUTOLOAD()
           See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->addReport(OBJECT)
           See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])
       Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock->defaultTrace([LEVEL]|[LOGLEVEL, TRACELEVEL]|[LEVEL, CALLBACK])
           See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->errors()
           See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])
       Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock->log([LEVEL [,STRINGS]])
           See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->logPriority(LEVEL)
       Mail::Box::Locker::DotLock->logPriority(LEVEL)
           See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->logSettings()
           See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->notImplemented()
           See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->report([LEVEL])
           See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->reportAll([LEVEL])
           See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->trace([LEVEL])
           See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

       $obj->warnings()
           See "Error handling" in Mail::Reporter

   Cleanup
       See documentation in the base class.

       $obj->DESTROY()
           See "Cleanup" in Mail::Box::Locker

DIAGNOSTICS

       Warning: Couldn't remove lockfile $lock: $!
       Error: Failed to remove expired lockfile $lockfile: $!
       Warning: Folder already locked with file $lockfile
       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 $lockfile

SEE ALSO

       This module is part of Mail-Box distribution version 2.110, built on January 05, 2014.
       Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/

LICENSE

       Copyrights 2001-2014 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://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html