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diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index a3e4b0acfb..80eed24ffd 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
// Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
-// Copyright (c) 2009-2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2017 The Bitcoin Core developers
// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
#include <boost/algorithm/string/case_conv.hpp> // for to_lower()
#include <boost/algorithm/string/predicate.hpp> // for startswith() and endswith()
+#include <boost/interprocess/sync/file_lock.hpp>
#include <boost/program_options/detail/config_file.hpp>
#include <boost/thread.hpp>
#include <openssl/crypto.h>
@@ -375,6 +376,27 @@ int LogPrintStr(const std::string &str)
return ret;
}
+bool LockDirectory(const fs::path& directory, const std::string lockfile_name, bool probe_only)
+{
+ fs::path pathLockFile = directory / lockfile_name;
+ FILE* file = fsbridge::fopen(pathLockFile, "a"); // empty lock file; created if it doesn't exist.
+ if (file) fclose(file);
+
+ try {
+ static std::map<std::string, boost::interprocess::file_lock> locks;
+ boost::interprocess::file_lock& lock = locks.emplace(pathLockFile.string(), pathLockFile.string().c_str()).first->second;
+ if (!lock.try_lock()) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ if (probe_only) {
+ lock.unlock();
+ }
+ } catch (const boost::interprocess::interprocess_exception& e) {
+ return error("Error while attempting to lock directory %s: %s", directory.string(), e.what());
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+
/** Interpret string as boolean, for argument parsing */
static bool InterpretBool(const std::string& strValue)
{