This package is called flufl.lock. It is an NFS-safe file-based lock with timeouts for POSIX systems.
flufl.lock requires Python 2.6 or newer, and is compatible with Python 3.
A simple guide to using the library is available within this package, in the form of doctests. The manual is also available online in the Cheeseshop at:
The project home page is:
You should report bugs at:
You can download the latest version of the package either from the Cheeseshop:
or from the Launchpad page above. Of course you can also just install it with pip or easy_install from the command line:
% sudo pip flufl.lock
% sudo easy_install flufl.lock
You can grab the latest development copy of the code using Bazaar, from the Launchpad home page above. See http://bazaar-vcs.org for details on the Bazaar distributed revision control system. If you have Bazaar installed, you can grab your own branch of the code like this:
bzr branch lp:flufl.lock
You may contact the author via barry@python.org.
Copyright (C) 2004-2012 Barry A. Warsaw
This file is part of flufl.lock.
flufl.lock is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
flufl.lock is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with flufl.lock. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.