InterprocessLockGetNamedMutex(String, Boolean) Method

public static Mutex GetNamedMutex(
	string name,
	bool global = true
)

Public Shared Function GetNamedMutex ( 
	name As String,
	Optional global As Boolean = true
) As Mutex

public:
static Mutex^ GetNamedMutex(
	String^ name, 
	bool global = true
)

Gemstone.Threading.InterprocessLock.GetNamedMutex = function(name, global);

Parameters

name  String

Identifying name of source object needing concurrency locking (e.g., a path and file name).

global  Boolean  (Optional)

Determines if mutex should be marked as global; set value to false for local.

Return Value

This function uses a hash of the name when creating the Mutex, not the actual name - this way restrictions on the name length do not need to be a user concern. All processes needing an inter-process Mutex need to use this same function to ensure access to the same Mutex.

The name can be a string of any length (must not be empty, null or white space) and is not case-sensitive. All hashes of the name used to create the global Mutex are first converted to lower case.

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