Checking for duplicate instances of a script...

[Guillaume Dargaud]

Hello, python beginner here,
How can I make sure that a given script is never run more than once at the
same time in a system ?
Besides checking 'ps' for its own name. Most modern langages have a direct
way to do that.
Thanks
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Welcome to Linux."

[Joakim Hove]

"Guillaume Dargaud" <NO**********@gdargaud.net> writes:

Hello, python beginner here,
How can I make sure that a given script is never run more than once at the
same time in a system ?

This can probably be done in *many* different ways, maybe there is
even an agreed upon on best solution. This is a small suggestion
based on fcntl.flock() (Unix only I am afraid):

#!/usr/bin/python
import struct, fcntl
import sys
lockfile = "/tmp/.lock"

## Open a file-descriptor for the lock file.
lockH = open(lockfile,"w")

## Try to aquire an exclusive lock on the lock file.
try:
fcntl.flock(lockH , fcntl.LOCK_EX | fcntl.LOCK_NB)
except IOError,e:
sys.exit("Lockfile %s already locked - an instance is probably already running" % lockfile)
##
## Your code ...
##
## Release the lock again
fcntl.flock(lockH, fcntl.LOCK_UN)
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[Guillaume Dargaud]

> This can probably be done in *many* different ways, maybe there is

even an agreed upon on best solution. This is a small suggestion
based on fcntl.flock() (Unix only I am afraid):

Wrong prediction: it works fine in Cygwin under windows, but it doesn't on
my linux server...

Traceback (innermost last):
File "./CounterTest.py", line 24, in ?
fcntl.flock(lockH, fcntl.LOCK_EX | fcntl.LOCK_NB)
TypeError: illegal argument type for built-in operation
Cygwin:
2.3.3 (#1, Dec 30 2003, 08:29:25)
[GCC 3.3.1 (cygming special)]

Linux:
1.5.2 (#1, Jan 31 2003, 10:58:35) [GCC 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2

Is this too old ?

Maybe I'll try with os.open flags...
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meteorology, I suppose I should try stock brokerage." - Found in a
resume.

[William Park]

Guillaume Dargaud <NO**********@gdargaud.net> wrote:

Hello, python beginner here,
How can I make sure that a given script is never run more than once at the
same time in a system ?
Besides checking 'ps' for its own name. Most modern langages have a direct
way to do that.

1. Check 'ps'. But, if 2 processes checks at the same, then they see
nothing is running and decides to run themselves.

2. Use lockfile.

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William Park, Open Geometry Consulting, <op**********@yahoo.ca>
Linux solution for data management and processing.

[Dang Griffith]

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 10:28:20 +0100, "Guillaume Dargaud"
<NO**********@gdargaud.net> wrote:

Hello, python beginner here,
How can I make sure that a given script is never run more than once at the
same time in a system ?
Besides checking 'ps' for its own name. Most modern langages have a direct
way to do that.
Thanks

What modern language has a direct way to do that?
--dang

[Josiah Carlson]

> >Hello, python beginner here,

How can I make sure that a given script is never run more than once at the
same time in a system ?
Besides checking 'ps' for its own name. Most modern langages have a direct
way to do that.
Thanks

What modern language has a direct way to do that?

You can register a COM or CORBA interface (is this what they are called?)
and attempt to connect to it during startup. If you can connect to
yourself, don't start up, if you can't, start up.

- Josiah