Simple PID based locking for cronjobs, UNIX scripts or python programs
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# pidlock
Simple PID based locking for cronjobs, UNIX scripts or python programs
### Requirement:
* requires python (>2 or 3)
### Usage:
* Install with pip
```bash
sudo pip install -U pidlock
```
* Use it from inside python script
```python
import time
from pidlock import PIDLock
locker = PIDLock()
with locker.lock('sleepy_script'):
time.sleep(10)
```
* Use it as commandline/cron job
```bash
pidlock -n sleepy_script -c 'sleep 10'
```
### Customization:
* You can pass PID file location and verbosity as arguments
```python
locker = PIDLock(lockdir='~/.pidlock', verbose=True)
```
[](https://travis-ci.org/sayanarijit/pidlock)
# pidlock
Simple PID based locking for cronjobs, UNIX scripts or python programs
### Requirement:
* requires python (>2 or 3)
### Usage:
* Install with pip
```bash
sudo pip install -U pidlock
```
* Use it from inside python script
```python
import time
from pidlock import PIDLock
locker = PIDLock()
with locker.lock('sleepy_script'):
time.sleep(10)
```
* Use it as commandline/cron job
```bash
pidlock -n sleepy_script -c 'sleep 10'
```
### Customization:
* You can pass PID file location and verbosity as arguments
```python
locker = PIDLock(lockdir='~/.pidlock', verbose=True)
```
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