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flock

package module

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Versions in this module

v0

v0.13.1

Aug 27, 2026

v0.13.0

Oct 9, 2025

Changes in this version

type Flock

+ func (f *Flock) Stat() (fs.FileInfo, error)

v0.12.1

Jul 22, 2024

v0.12.0

Jul 2, 2024

v0.11.0

Jun 30, 2024

Changes in this version

+ type Option func(f *Flock)

+ func SetFlag(flag int) Option

+ func SetPermissions(perm os.FileMode) Option

v0.10.0

Jun 29, 2024

v0.9.0

Jun 26, 2024

v0.8.1

Jun 26, 2021

v0.8.0

Aug 26, 2020

v0.7.3

Aug 22, 2020

v0.7.2

Aug 22, 2020

v0.7.1

Feb 24, 2019

v0.7.0

Oct 5, 2018

Changes in this version

type Flock

+ func New(path string) *Flock

v0.6.0

Sep 15, 2018

Changes in this version

type Flock

+ func (f *Flock) Close() error

v0.5.0

Aug 12, 2018

v0.4.0

Jan 24, 2018

Changes in this version

type Flock

+ func (f *Flock) RLock() error

+ func (f *Flock) RLocked() bool

+ func (f *Flock) TryRLock() (bool, error)

+ func (f *Flock) TryRLockContext(ctx context.Context, retryDelay time.Duration) (bool, error)

v0.3.0

Jan 12, 2018

Changes in this version

+ const ErrorLockViolation — windows/amd64

v0.2.0

Oct 30, 2017

Changes in this version

type Flock

+ func (f *Flock) TryLockContext(ctx context.Context, retryDelay time.Duration) (bool, error)

v0.1.0

Oct 30, 2017

Changes in this version

+ const LOCKFILE_EXCLUSIVE_LOCK — windows/amd64

+ const LOCKFILE_FAIL_IMMEDIATELY — windows/amd64

+ type Flock struct

+ func NewFlock(path string) *Flock

+ func (f *Flock) Lock() error

+ func (f *Flock) Locked() bool

+ func (f *Flock) Path() string

+ func (f *Flock) String() string

+ func (f *Flock) TryLock() (bool, error)

+ func (f *Flock) Unlock() error