wosenbo/py-filelock

A platform independent file lock for Python

Py-FileLock

This package contains a single module, which implements a platform independent file locking mechanism for Python.

The lock includes a lock counter and is thread safe. This means, when locking the same lock object twice, it will not block.

import filelock

lock = filelock.FileLock("my_lock_file")

with lock:
    pass

try:
    with lock.acquire(timeout = 10):
        pass
except filelock.Timeout:
    pass

Documentation

The full documentation is available on readthedocs.org.

Contributions

Contributions are always welcome. Never hesitate to open a new issue.

License

This package is public domain.