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LOCK()

Synopsis

Attempt to obtain a named mutex.

Description

Attempts to grab a named lock exclusively, and prevents other channels from obtaining the same lock. LOCK will wait for the lock to become available. Returns 1 if the lock was obtained or 0 on error.

To avoid the possibility of a deadlock, LOCK will only attempt to obtain the lock for 3 seconds if the channel already has another lock.To avoid the possibility of a deadlock, LOCK will only attempt to obtain the lock for 3 seconds if the channel already has another lock.

Syntax

LOCK(lockname)
Arguments
  • lockname

See Also

Import Version

This documentation was imported from Asterisk version SVN-branch-1.8-r311874.

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