system wide mutex

[Miki Tebeka]

IIRC creating a directory is atomic in most environments.

On Sunday, February 9, 2014 2:39:51 AM UTC-8, Asaf Las wrote:
> Hi 
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> Which one is most recommended to use for mutex alike locking to 
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> achieve atomic access to single resource:
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> - fcntl.lockf
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> - os.open() with O_SHLOCK and O_EXLOCK 
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> - https://pypi.python.org/pypi/lockfile/0.9.1
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> - https://pypi.python.org/pypi/zc.lockfile/1.1.0
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> - any other ?
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> Thanks 
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> /Asaf