system wide mutex

Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Date	2014-02-09 02:39 -0800
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Subject	system wide mutex
From	Asaf Las <roegltd@gmail.com>

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Hi 

Which one is most recommended to use for mutex alike locking to 
achieve atomic access to single resource:

- fcntl.lockf
- os.open() with O_SHLOCK and O_EXLOCK 
- https://pypi.python.org/pypi/lockfile/0.9.1
- https://pypi.python.org/pypi/zc.lockfile/1.1.0
- any other ?

Thanks 

/Asaf

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system wide mutex Asaf Las <roegltd@gmail.com> - 2014-02-09 02:39 -0800
  Re: system wide mutex Asaf Las <roegltd@gmail.com> - 2014-02-09 03:00 -0800
  Re: system wide mutex Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2014-02-09 05:00 -0600
    Re: system wide mutex Asaf Las <roegltd@gmail.com> - 2014-02-09 03:07 -0800
    Re: system wide mutex Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-02-09 09:45 -0500
      Re: system wide mutex Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2014-02-09 09:40 -0600
      Re: system wide mutex Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-10 09:09 +1100
  Re: system wide mutex Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-02-09 18:14 +0200
    Re: system wide mutex Asaf Las <roegltd@gmail.com> - 2014-02-09 09:39 -0800
  Re: system wide mutex Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-02-10 17:00 +0000
  Re: system wide mutex Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka@gmail.com> - 2014-02-10 09:46 -0800

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