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function lock_init in Drupal 6

Same name in this branch
  1. 6 includes/lock.inc \lock_init()
  2. 6 includes/lock-install.inc \lock_init()

Initialize the locking system.

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2 calls to lock_init()
install_main in ./install.php
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_drupal_bootstrap in includes/bootstrap.inc

File

includes/lock.inc, line 65
A database-mediated implementation of a locking mechanism.

Code

function lock_init() {
  global $locks;
  $locks = array();
}