# Copyright (c) 2009, Evan Fosmark # All rights reserved. # # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without # modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: # * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. # * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the # documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. # * Neither the name of the nor the # names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products # derived from this software without specific prior written permission. # # THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE # IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE # ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY # DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES # (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; # LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND # ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT # (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF # THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. import os import time import errno class FileLockException(Exception): pass class FileLock(object): """A file locking mechanism that has context-manager support so you can use it in a with statement. This should be relatively cross compatible as it doesn't rely on msvcrt or fcntl for the locking. """ def __init__(self, file_name, timeout=10, delay=0.05): """Prepare the file locker. Specify the file to lock and optionally the maximum timeout and the delay between each attempt to lock. """ if timeout is not None and delay is None: raise ValueError( "If timeout is not None, then delay must not be None." ) self.is_locked = False self.lockfile = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "%s.lock" % file_name) self.file_name = file_name self.timeout = timeout self.delay = delay def acquire(self): """Acquire the lock, if possible. If the lock is in use, it check again every `wait` seconds. It does this until it either gets the lock or exceeds `timeout` number of seconds, in which case it throws an exception. """ start_time = time.time() while True: try: self.fd = os.open( self.lockfile, os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL | os.O_RDWR ) self.is_locked = True # moved to ensure tag only when locked break except OSError as e: if e.errno != errno.EEXIST: raise if self.timeout is None: raise FileLockException( "Could not acquire lock on {}".format(self.file_name) ) if (time.time() - start_time) >= self.timeout: raise FileLockException("Timeout occured.") time.sleep(self.delay) # self.is_locked = True def release(self): """Get rid of the lock by deleting the lockfile. When working in a `with` statement, this gets automatically called at the end. """ if self.is_locked: os.close(self.fd) os.unlink(self.lockfile) self.is_locked = False def __enter__(self): """Activated when used in the with statement. Should automatically acquire a lock to be used in the with block. """ if not self.is_locked: self.acquire() return self def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback): """Activated at the end of the with statement. It automatically releases the lock if it isn't locked. """ if self.is_locked: self.release() def __del__(self): """Make sure that the FileLock instance doesn't leave a lockfile lying around. """ self.release()