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Named Mutex

Crow Library by Ross Smith

#include "crow/named-mutex.hpp"
namespace Crow;

Named mutex class

class NamedMutex: public Waiter;
    explicit NamedMutex::NamedMutex(const std::string& name);
    NamedMutex::~NamedMutex() noexcept;
    std::string NamedMutex::name() const;
    void NamedMutex::lock();
    bool NamedMutex::try_lock();
    template <typename R, typename P>
        bool NamedMutex::try_lock_for(duration<R, P> rel_time);
    bool NamedMutex::try_lock_until(system_clock::time_point abs_time);
    void NamedMutex::unlock() noexcept;

A named mutex that can be used for synchronization between processes. The locking functions have the usual semantics required by the standard mutual exclusion concept.

Limitations on the name are operating system specific. The name supplied to the constructor may or may not include the standard prefix ("/" on Unix, "Local\" on Windows; these will be automatically converted to suit the host OS if present). The constructor will throw std::system_error if the name is invalid. For maximum portability: