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Created September 26, 2016 14:26
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with_exclusive_lock("my_operation") do
# Something that can only happen one at a time
end
def with_exclusive_lock(lock_name, &block)
lock_file_name = "/tmp/#{lock_name}.lock"
FileUtils.touch(lock_file_name)
lock_file = File.new(lock_file_name)
lock_file.flock(File::LOCK_EX)
yield
lock_file.flock(File::LOCK_UN)
end
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rahim commented Sep 26, 2016

Nice :)

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