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namedmutex.py, a simple ctypes wrapper for Win32 named mutexes
https://github.com/benhoyt/namedmutex

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namedmutex.py, a simple ctypes wrapper for Win32 named mutexes

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/benhoyt/namedmutex
• Owner: benhoyt
• Created: 2012-10-04T03:07:50.000Z (about 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-08-24T22:05:25.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-06-15T06:42:57.655Z (5 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 4.88 KB
• Stars: 15
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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namedmutex.py, a simple ctypes wrapper for Win32 named mutexes

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NamedMutex is a class for using Windows (Win32) named mutexes for system-wide

locks. For example, we use these to lock system-wide log files that multiple

processes can write to.

This has a similar API to `threading.Lock`, and can be used with Python's

`with` statement.

For example:

```python

with namedmutex.NamedMutex('get_dir_mutex'):

    latest_dir = get_latest_dir()

    os.rename(latest_dir, latest_dir + '-processing')

```

See the [source code](https://github.com/benhoyt/namedmutex/blob/master/namedmutex.py)

for more info!