package Log::Dispatch::File::Locked; { $Log::Dispatch::File::Locked::VERSION = '2.34'; } use strict; use warnings; use base qw( Log::Dispatch::File ); use Fcntl qw(:DEFAULT :flock); sub _open_file { my $self = shift; $self->SUPER::_open_file(); my $fh = $self->{fh}; flock( $fh, LOCK_EX ) or die "Cannot lock '$self->{filename}' for writing: $!"; # just in case there was an append while we waited for the lock seek( $fh, 0, 2 ) or die "Cannot seek to end of '$self->{filename}': $!"; } 1; # ABSTRACT: Subclass of Log::Dispatch::File to facilitate locking __END__ =pod =head1 NAME Log::Dispatch::File::Locked - Subclass of Log::Dispatch::File to facilitate locking =head1 VERSION version 2.34 =head1 SYNOPSIS use Log::Dispatch; my $log = Log::Dispatch->new( outputs => [ [ 'File::Locked', min_level => 'info', filename => 'Somefile.log', mode => '>>', newline => 1 ] ], ); $log->emerg("I've fallen and I can't get up"); =head1 DESCRIPTION This module acts exactly like L except that it obtains an exclusive lock on the file before writing to it. =head1 AUTHOR Dave Rolsky =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is Copyright (c) 2011 by Dave Rolsky. This is free software, licensed under: The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible) =cut