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Utilities.unlockFile

Unlocks a file from exclusive use by this thread.

Syntax

public static boolean 
unlockFile(String file)

Parameters

file

File name to unlock. This must be a file specification that is valid for the operating system.

Description

The unlockFile method unlocks a file from exclusive use by this thread. lockFile() and unlockFile() provide a semaphore primitive that is useful in a cluster environment.

Returns

Returns true if the specified file was successfully unlocked; otherwise, returns false. Reasons for failure include specifying a file that was not locked.

See Also

lockFile

 

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