Merge pull request #18 from jsyeo/jsyeo-mutex-name

(#17) Replace slashes with underscores in the mutex's name
chocolatey · Oct 14, 2021 · f471409 · f471409
2 parents 4c6bbc9 + 0703b6b
commit f471409
Showing 1 changed file with 8 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/src/Core/Configuration/Settings.cs b/src/Core/Configuration/Settings.cs
@@ -816,8 +816,13 @@ private void ExecuteSynchronized(Action ioOperation)
         {
             var fileName = _fileSystem.GetFullPath(_fileName);
 
-            // Global: ensure mutex is honored across TS sessions 
-            using (var mutex = new Mutex(false, "Global\\" + EncryptionUtility.GenerateUniqueToken(fileName)))
+            // Mutex names must not contain a slash, it's the namespace separator
+            var uniqueToken = EncryptionUtility.GenerateUniqueToken(fileName);
+            uniqueToken = uniqueToken.Replace('\\', '_');
+            uniqueToken = uniqueToken.Replace('/', '_');
+
+            // Global: ensure mutex is honored across TS sessions
+            using (var mutex = new Mutex(false, "Global\\" + uniqueToken))
             {
                 var owner = false;
                 try
@@ -841,4 +846,4 @@ private void ExecuteSynchronized(Action ioOperation)
 
         }
     }
-}
+}