Method acquire

src/filelock/_api.py:983–1070

Try to acquire the file lock. :param timeout: maximum wait time for acquiring the lock, ``None`` means use the default :attr:`~timeout` is and if ``timeout < 0``, there is no timeout and this method will block until the lock could be acquired :param poll_interva

(
        self,
        timeout: float | None = None,
        poll_interval: float | None = None,
        *,
        poll_intervall: float | None = None,
        blocking: bool | None = None,
        cancel_check: Callable[[], bool] | None = None,
    )

            self.release(force=True)

    def acquire(
        self,
        timeout: float | None = None,
        poll_interval: float | None = None,
        *,
        poll_intervall: float | None = None,
        blocking: bool | None = None,
        cancel_check: Callable[[], bool] | None = None,
    ) -> AcquireReturnProxy:
        """
        Try to acquire the file lock.

        :param timeout: maximum wait time for acquiring the lock, ``None`` means use the default :attr:`~timeout` is and
            if ``timeout < 0``, there is no timeout and this method will block until the lock could be acquired
        :param poll_interval: interval of trying to acquire the lock file, ``None`` means use the default
            :attr:`~poll_interval`
        :param poll_intervall: deprecated, kept for backwards compatibility, use ``poll_interval`` instead
        :param blocking: defaults to True. If False, function will return immediately if it cannot obtain a lock on the
            first attempt. Otherwise, this method will block until the timeout expires or the lock is acquired.
        :param cancel_check: a callable returning ``True`` when the acquisition should be canceled. Checked on each poll
            iteration. When triggered, raises :class:`~Timeout` just like an expired timeout.

        :returns: a context object that will unlock the file when the context is exited

        :raises Timeout: if fails to acquire lock within the timeout period

        .. code-block:: python

            # You can use this method in the context manager (recommended)
            with lock.acquire():
                pass

            # Or use an equivalent try-finally construct:
            lock.acquire()
            try:
                pass
            finally:
                lock.release()

        .. versionchanged:: 2.0.0

            This method returns now a *proxy* object instead of *self*, so that it can be used in a with statement
            without side effects.

        """
        self._raise_if_inherited()
        if timeout is None:
            timeout = self._context.timeout

        if blocking is None:
            blocking = self._context.blocking

        if poll_intervall is not None:
            msg = "use poll_interval instead of poll_intervall"
            warnings.warn(msg, DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
            poll_interval = poll_intervall

        poll_interval = poll_interval if poll_interval is not None else self._context.poll_interval