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new(file, thread_safe = false) public

To construct a PStore object, pass in the file path where you would like the data to be stored.

PStore objects are always reentrant. But if thread_safe is set to true, then it will become thread-safe at the cost of a minor performance hit.

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# File lib/pstore.rb, line 121
  def initialize(file, thread_safe = false)
    dir = File::dirname(file)
    unless File::directory? dir
      raise PStore::Error, format("directory %s does not exist", dir)
    end
    if File::exist? file and not File::readable? file
      raise PStore::Error, format("file %s not readable", file)
    end
    @filename = file
    @abort = false
    @ultra_safe = false
    @thread_safe = thread_safe
    @lock = Mutex.new
  end

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