misc => [qw(make_list)],
date => [qw(secs_to_english)],
quit => [qw(quit)],
- lock => [qw(filelock unfilelock @cleanups)],
+ lock => [qw(filelock unfilelock @cleanups lockpid)],
);
@EXPORT_OK = ();
Exporter::export_ok_tags(qw(lock quit date util misc));
my $days = int($seconds / 86400);
my $years = int($days / 365);
- $days -= $years * 365;
+ $days %= 365;
my $result;
my @age;
push @age, "1 year" if ($years == 1);
push @age, "$days days" if ($days > 1);
$result .= join(" and ", @age);
- return wantarray?($days,$result):$result;
+ return wantarray?(int($seconds/86400),$result):$result;
}
or warn "Unable to unlink lockfile $fl{file}: $!";
}
+=head2 lockpid
+
+ lockpid('/path/to/pidfile');
+
+Creates a pidfile '/path/to/pidfile' if one doesn't exist or if the
+pid in the file does not respond to kill 0.
+
+Returns 1 on success, false on failure; dies on unusual errors.
+
+=cut
+
+sub lockpid {
+ my ($pidfile) = @_;
+ if (-e $pidfile) {
+ my $pidfh = IO::File->new($pidfile, 'r') or
+ die "Unable to open pidfile $pidfile: $!"
+ local $/;
+ my $pid = <$pidfh>;
+ ($pid) = $pid =~ /(\d+)/;
+ if (defined $pid and kill(0,$pid)) {
+ return 0;
+ }
+ close $pidfh;
+ unlink $pidfile or
+ die "Unable to unlink stale pidfile $pidfile $!";
+ }
+ my $pidfh = IO::File->new($pidfile), 'w' or
+ die "Unable to open $pidfile for writing: $!";
+ print {$pidfh} $$ or die "Unable to write to $pidfile $!";
+ close $pidfh or die "Unable to close $pidfile $!";
+ return 1;
+}
=head1 QUIT