lock {dipsaus}

Create or Unlock a Lock

Description

A wrapper for 'synchronicity' package, but user can interrupt the lock procedure anytime, and don't have to worry about whether the lock exists or not.

Usage

dipsaus_lock(name, timeout = 10, exclusive = TRUE)

dipsaus_unlock(name, timeout = 10, exclusive = TRUE)

dipsaus_resetlocks(name)

Arguments

name

character, the locker's name, must be only letters and digits

timeout

numeric, seconds to wait for the locker to lock or unlock

exclusive

ignored

Value

Logical, whether the operation succeed.

Examples

# Clear existing locks
dipsaus::dipsaus_resetlocks()

# unlock to prepare for the example
dipsaus_unlock('testlocker', timeout = 0.01)

# Create a locker, return TRUE
lock_success = dipsaus_lock('testlocker')
if(lock_success){
  cat2('testlocker has been locked')
}

# test whether locker has been locked
lock_success = dipsaus_lock('testlocker', timeout = 0.01)
if(!lock_success){
  cat2('attempt to lock testlocker failed')
}

# unlock
dipsaus_unlock('testlocker', timeout = 0.01)

# clean up
dipsaus::dipsaus_resetlocks()