NAME

IPC::Locker::Server - Distributed lock handler server

SYNOPSIS

  use IPC::Locker::Server;

  IPC::Locker::Server->new(port=>1234)->start_server;

  # Or more typically via the command line
  lockerd

DESCRIPTION

IPC::Locker::Server provides the server for the IPC::Locker package.

new ([parameter=>value ...]);

Creates a server object.

start_server ([parameter=>value ...]);

Starts the server. Does not return.

PARAMETERS

family

The family of transport to use, either INET or UNIX. Defaults to INET.

port

The port number (INET) or name (UNIX) of the lock server. Defaults to 'lockerd' looked up via /etc/services, else 1751.

DISTRIBUTION

The latest version is available from CPAN and from http://www.veripool.org/.

Copyright 1999-2013 by Wilson Snyder. This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic License Version 2.0.

AUTHORS

Wilson Snyder <wsnyder@wsnyder.org>

SEE ALSO

IPC::Locker, lockerd