Determine if only one instance is running

# For this to work, you need to explicitly
# store the returned fh inside a variable.
var fh = File(__FILE__).open_r

# Now call the flock() method on it
fh.flock(File.LOCK_EX | File.LOCK_NB) ->
    || die "I'm already running!"

# Your code here...
say "Running..."
Sys.sleep(20)
say 'Done!'

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