twisted.names.authority

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Authoritative resolvers.

Class	`BindAuthority`	An Authority that loads BIND zone files.
Class	`FileAuthority`	An Authority that is loaded from a file.
Class	`PySourceAuthority`	A FileAuthority that is built up from Python source code.
Function	`getSerial`	Return a monotonically increasing (across program runs) integer.

def getSerial(filename='/tmp/twisted-names.serial'): (source) ¶

Return a monotonically increasing (across program runs) integer.

State is stored in the given file. If it does not exist, it is created with rw-/---/--- permissions.

This manipulates process-global state by calling os.umask(), so it isn't thread-safe.

Parameters
filename:`str`	Path to a file that is used to store the state across program runs.
Returns
`str`	a monotonically increasing number