Method: PStore#initialize

Defined in:
lib/pstore.rb

#initialize(file, thread_safe = false) ⇒ PStore

Returns a new PStore object.

Argument file is the path to the file in which objects are to be stored; if the file exists, it should be one that was written by PStore.

path = 't.store'
store = PStore.new(path)

A PStore object is reentrant. If argument thread_safe is given as true, the object is also thread-safe (at the cost of a small performance penalty):

store = PStore.new(path, true)



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# File 'lib/pstore.rb', line 372

def initialize(file, thread_safe = false)
  dir = File::dirname(file)
  unless File::directory? dir
    raise PStore::Error, format("directory %s does not exist", dir)
  end
  if File::exist? file and not File::readable? file
    raise PStore::Error, format("file %s not readable", file)
  end
  @filename = file
  @abort = false
  @ultra_safe = false
  @thread_safe = thread_safe
  @lock = Thread::Mutex.new
end