Directory flock/Directory locking

explodec14 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello to all - I would like to know how do I lock a directory. I need to copy very large amount of files to a certain directory. I would like to have an exclusive lock on the destination directory so I would be able to copy the files without any interferences from other processes. Is it possible to do? I have been messing around with it for a quite deal of time. Any help will be appreciated. 10x

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Re: Directory flock/Directory locking by cdarke (Prior) on Dec 07, 2009 at 11:46 UTC
Use file permissions. Login to the owner of the directory and remove permissions for any other user or group. Do your stuff, then reset the permissions on the directory.	[reply]
Re^2: Directory flock/Directory locking by explodec14 (Novice) on Jan 07, 2010 at 12:22 UTC
thank you indeed. that's what i have done eventually	[reply]
Re: Directory flock/Directory locking by Anonymous Monk on Dec 07, 2009 at 10:03 UTC
use File::Temp to create a temorary directory, copy files into it, when you're done, rename from temporary name to final name.	[reply]
Re: Directory flock/Directory locking by stefbv (Priest) on Dec 07, 2009 at 11:44 UTC
Perl Cookbook has a recipe that may be what you need. (7.24 Program: netlock)	[reply]