#! perl -slw use strict; use Fcntl qw[ :flock ]; $|=1; if( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ) { { local $^W; require Win32::API::Prototype; Win32::API::Prototype->import( 'ApiLink' ); } ApiLink( 'perl58', 'int win32_flock(int fd, int oper)' ) or die $^E; our $flock; *flock = *win32_flock = *win32_flock; } die 'Already running' unless flock( DATA, LOCK_EX ); sleep 10; flock( DATA, LOCK_UN ) or die $!; __DATA__ stuff