Re: translating "create Semaphore" to Linux

GHUM wrote:
hSem = win32event.CreateSemaphore (None, 1,
1,"stringincludinginterfaceandport")
rt=win32event.WaitForSingleObject (hSem, 0)
if rt != win32event.WAIT_TIMEOUT:
really_do_start_my_app()
else:
print "application allready running"

to make sure that only ONE instance of the application is running at a
time.


Running a serious risk of teaching my grandmother, but...

.... why use a Semaphore rather than a Mutex? Or why not
simply use the bound socket as its own mutex? I know
Windows won't allow you to rebind the same socket to the
same addr/port in two different processes (unless perhaps
you play some trickery with the socket options).

TJG
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