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Xabe.FileLock

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.NET Standard library providing exclusive lock on file.

Don’t worry about parallel access to the same file from multiple instances of your application. Synchronize access to file in multiple time-zones and programs. Easy to use, completely free and open source library to avoid getting System.IO.IOException: file used by another process

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Documentation

Install the Xabe.FileLock via NuGet: 

Install-Package Xabe.FileLock
Creating file lock: 
ILock fileLock = new FileLock(file);
fileLock.TryAcquire(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15), true);
This will create lock file with extension “.lock” in the same directory.
Example: “/tmp/data.txt” -> “/tmp/data.lock”.

Last parameter is optional and defines if lock should be automatically refreshing before expired.

If file already has lock file, and it time haven’t expired, method returns false.

Recommended using

ILock fileLock = new FileLock(file);
if(await fileLock.TryAcquire(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15), true))
{
	using(fileLock)
	{
		// file operations here
	}
}

License

Xabe.FileLock is licensed under MIT license.


MIT License

Copyright (c) 2017 Tomasz Zmuda

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