opsicommon.system.posix package

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opsicommon.system.posix.lock_file(file, exclusive=False, timeout=5.0)

An exclusive or write lock gives a process exclusive access for writing to the specified part of the file. While a write lock is in place, no other process can lock that part of the file. A shared or read lock prohibits any other process from requesting a write lock on the file.

Parameters:

• file (TextIO | BinaryIO | IO) –

• exclusive (bool) –

• timeout (float) –

Return type:

Generator[None, None, None]