One instance of perl program

vinoth.ree has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I know a flock method from Fcntl module to ensure that only one instance of Perl program is running. Any other best way is available.

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Re: One instance of perl program by Corion (Patriarch) on Mar 05, 2009 at 08:31 UTC
And your question is? site:perlmonks.org One instance of perl program returns lots of relevant hits, also Highlander - allow only one invocation at a time of an expensive CGI script.	[reply]
Re: One instance of perl program by cdarke (Prior) on Mar 05, 2009 at 09:07 UTC
On Windows use a mutex: Win32::Mutex	[reply]