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authorklaatu <klaatu@member.nospam.fsf.org>2013-06-04 17:15:42 -0400
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+The lockfile package exports a LockFile class which provides a simple
+API for locking files.
+
+Unlike the Windows msvcrt.locking function, the fcntl.lockf and flock
+functions, and the deprecated posixfile module, the API is identical
+across both Unix (including Linux and Mac) and Windows platforms.
+
+This package is version 0.8 due to some API breakage in 0.9+