# saves new state (including the changeset dump xml)
def save!
- File.open(@config["state_file"], "r") do |fl|
- fl.flock(File::LOCK_EX)
+ File.open(@config["lock_file"], File::RDWR | File::CREAT, 0o600) do |fl|
+ # take the lock in non-blocking mode. if this process doesn't get the lock
+ # then another will be run from cron shortly. this prevents a whole bunch
+ # of processes queueing on the lock and causing weirdness if/when they
+ # get woken up in a random order.
+ got_lock = fl.flock(File::LOCK_EX | File::LOCK_NB)
+ return unless got_lock
# try and write the files to tmp locations and then
# move them into place later, to avoid in-progress
fl.flock(File::LOCK_UN)
rescue StandardError
- STDERR.puts("Error! Couldn't update state.")
+ warn "Error! Couldn't update state."
fl.flock(File::LOCK_UN)
raise
end
rep = Replicator.new(ARGV[0])
rep.save!
rescue StandardError => e
- STDERR.puts "ERROR: #{e.message}"
+ warn "ERROR: #{e.message}"
exit 1
end