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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()
andunlockFile()
provide a semaphore primitive that is useful in a cluster environment.Returns
Returns
true
if the specified file was successfully unlocked; otherwise, returnsfalse
. Reasons for failure include specifying a file that was not locked.See Also
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