File-LockDir version 0.01 This is an object-oriented version of the file-locking recipe in the perl Cookbok, version 2. In addition to the features that the Cookbook version has, this version allows you to conditionally disable the "clean up all locks at termination" code and to check the status of a lock without trying to get it. INSTALLATION To install this module, run the following commands: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install Alternatively, to install with Module::Build, you can use the following commands: perl Build.PL ./Build ./Build test ./Build install DEPENDENCIES None. COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE Copyright (C) 2006, Joe McMahon This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.