Hello again skatpally,

Sorry for the late reply but I got busy with something else.

Regarding your question what I am looking is when the file is locked and multiple Perl commands are triggered. I want to know an approach where each of the commands is in the queue and each gets triggered one after another. I think the best solution to your problem is Thread::Queue.

More specifically you should read the Thread::Queue/ADVANCED METHODS. There you will find ways in checking/adding/altering the queue of you commands in a way you desire.

The link that I provided you contains an example of this module Re^3: perl script and queue. Any way, a more complete code example that could give you a close solution to what you desire is provided bellow.

Sample of executable code:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use threads;
use warnings;
use feature 'say';
use Thread::Queue;

sub executeCommands {
    my ($commands) = @_;
    say $commands;
}

my $q = Thread::Queue->new();    # A new empty queue

# Set a size for a queue
$q->limit = 5;

# Worker thread
my $thr = threads->create(
    sub {
    # Thread will loop until no more work
    while (defined(my $item = $q->dequeue())) {
        # Do work on $item
        executeCommands($item);
    }
    }
    );

my @commands = ("Command_1", "Command_2");

# Send work to the thread
$q->enqueue(@commands);

{
    lock($q);   # Keep other threads from changing the queue's content
+s

    my @secondary_commands = ("Command_3", "Command_4");
    # Insert two items into the queue in the head
    $q->insert(-2, @secondary_commands);

    my $item = $q->peek();
    # do something with the items in queue if desired
    if ($item eq "Command_3") {
    my @third_commands = ("Command_5", "Command_6");
    # Insert two items into the queue just behind the peek
    $q->enqueue(@third_commands);
    }
}
# Queue is now unlocked

# Signal that there is no more work to be sent
$q->end();

# Join up with the thread when it finishes
$thr->join();

__END__

$ perl test.pl
Command_3
Command_4
Command_1
Command_2
Command_5
Command_6
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Hope this helps, BR.