win32-mutex

Interface for Mutexes on MS Windows.

Prerequisites

• win32-ipc 0.6.0 or later

Installation

gem install win32-mutex

Synopsis

require 'win32/mutex'

# Do not leave out the 'Win32::', otherwise you're using Ruby's Mutex class.
Win32::Mutex.new(false, 'test') do |m|
  # Do stuff
  m.release
end

Documentation

The mutex.rb file contains inline RDoc documentation. If you installed this file as a gem, then you have the docs.

For an example of win32-mutex in action, look at the example_win32_mutex.rb file in the 'examples' directory. You can also run the 'examples' rake task.

Notes

The Mutex class is a subclass of Win32::Ipc (win32-ipc). This library require's the win32-ipc library internally. You don't need to explicitly call it.

Acknowledgements

Originally adapted from the Win32::Mutex Perl module.

Known Bugs

None that I know of. Please log any other bug reports on the project page at https://github.com/chef/win32-mutex.

License

Artistic 2.0

Copyright

(C) 2003-2013 Daniel J. Berger, All Rights Reserved

Warranty

This package is provided "as is" and without any express or implied warranties, including, without limitation, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

Authors

• Daniel J. Berger
• Park Heesob