go-lockfile
A Linux go library to lock cooperating processes based on syscall flock.
Install
go get github.com/ucloud/go-lockfile
Usage
A simple example:
package main
import (
"errors"
"fmt"
"os"
"time"
"github.com/ucloud/go-lockfile"
)
func main() {
fl := lockfile.New("busy.lock")
var err error
for i := 0; i < 20; i++ {
err = fl.TryLock()
if err == nil {
break
}
time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 50)
}
if err != nil {
if errors.Is(err, lockfile.ErrBusy) {
fmt.Println("The lock is busy")
} else {
fmt.Printf("Unexpected error: %v\n", err)
}
os.Exit(1)
}
fmt.Println("lock!")
// Handle your logic
time.Sleep(time.Second)
err = fl.Unlock()
if err != nil {
fmt.Printf("failed to unlock: %v\n", err)
os.Exit(1)
}
}
Documentation
See: go-lockfile package