def lock(self):
        """
        Acquire this lock.

        @rtype: C{bool}
        @return: True if the lock is acquired, false otherwise.

        @raise: Any exception os.symlink() may raise, other than
        EEXIST.
        """
        clean = True
        while True:
            try:
                symlink(str(os.getpid()), self.name)
            except OSError as e:
                if _windows and (errno.EACCES, errno.EIO) in e.errno:
                    # The lock is in the middle of being deleted because we're
                    # on Windows where lock removal isn't atomic.  Give up, we
                    # don't know how long this is going to take.
                    return False
                if e.errno == errno.EEXIST:
                    try:
                        pid = readlink(self.name)
                    except (IOError, OSError) as e:
                        if e.errno == errno.ENOENT:
                            # The lock has vanished, try to claim it in the
                            # next iteration through the loop.
                            continue
                        elif _windows and e.errno == errno.EACCES:
                            # The lock is in the middle of being
                            # deleted because we're on Windows where
                            # lock removal isn't atomic.  Give up, we
                            # don't know how long this is going to
                            # take.
                            return False
                        raise
                    try:
                        if kill is not None:
                            kill(int(pid), 0)
                    except OSError as e:
                        if e.errno == errno.ESRCH:
                            # The owner has vanished, try to claim it in the
                            # next iteration through the loop.
                            try:
                                rmlink(self.name)
                            except OSError as e:
                                if e.errno == errno.ENOENT:
                                    # Another process cleaned up the lock.
                                    # Race them to acquire it in the next
                                    # iteration through the loop.
                                    continue
                                raise
                            clean = False
                            continue
                        raise
                    return False
                raise
            self.locked = True
            self.clean = clean
            return True
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