is.locked {flock}R Documentation

Locking/Unlocking

Description

Checks whether a lock has been obtained.

Usage

is.locked(file.lock)

Arguments

file.lock

The lock as an object of type FileLock.

Author(s)

Ivan Popivanov

Examples

## Not run: 
require(flock)

file.lock = lock("~/file.lock")
# Critical section code goes between here and the unlock call
if(is.locked(file.lock)) {
   print("Got the lock!")
}
unlock(file.lock)

## End(Not run)

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