module Tins module Once include File::Constants module_function def only_once(lock_filename = nil, locking_constant = nil) lock_filename ||= $0 locking_constant ||= LOCK_EX f = File.new(lock_filename, RDONLY) f.flock(locking_constant) and yield ensure if f f.flock LOCK_UN f.close end end def try_only_once(lock_filename = nil, locking_constant = nil, &block) only_once(lock_filename, locking_constant || LOCK_EX | LOCK_NB, &block) end end end require 'tins/alias'