Java tutorial
import java.io.File; import java.io.RandomAccessFile; import java.nio.channels.FileChannel; import java.nio.channels.FileLock; class JustOneLock { private String appName; FileLock lock; FileChannel channel; public JustOneLock(String appName) { this.appName = appName; } public boolean isAppActive() throws Exception { File file = new File(System.getProperty("user.home"), appName + ".tmp"); channel = new RandomAccessFile(file, "rw").getChannel(); lock = channel.tryLock(); if (lock == null) { lock.release(); channel.close(); return true; } Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread() { public void run() { try { lock.release(); channel.close(); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }); return false; } } public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { JustOneLock ua = new JustOneLock("JustOneId"); if (ua.isAppActive()) { System.out.println("Already active."); System.exit(1); } else { System.out.println("NOT already active."); } } }