TGI has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I've got a Mason project I'm working on that uses a dbm file, through MLDBM for data persistance.

I got the tool working perfectly during testing, I thought everything was OK. Then I got to the DBM section of the mod_perl guide. Well, I need to do some file locking. Unfortuneately, it looks like the locking methods mentioned won't work with MLDBM.

Does anyone have a module or technique for this that they like?


TGI says moo

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Re: File locking for MLDBM + mod_perl
by shotgunefx (Parson) on Sep 18, 2001 at 03:29 UTC
    Haven't used it myself yet but I ran across MLDBM::Sync a while back. Worth a look.

    -Lee

    "To be civilized is to deny one's nature."
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      I second that: Use MLDBM::Sync! It's exactly what you need.
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