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 1999-2010 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>