in reply to Check for another running instance of the same program

Did you see Ensuring only one copy of a perl script is running at a time?

It discusses various approaches (including "semaphores") and pro and cons (including the risk of race conditions)

Additionally it links to further discussions.

Cheers Rolf

( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)

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