Metacat

    #Lock a local file while we are creating a new docid

    my $lockFilePath = "docids.lock";

    my $lastdocid = newAccessionNumber($scope, $metacat);

    #Extract the docid number from the docid

    close $docidsNewFile;

    close $docidsFile;

    move($docidsFilePathNew, $docidsFilePath);

    return $docid;

}