Section 1: dotlock



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DOTLOCK(1)                                             DOTLOCK(1)


NAME

dotlock - manage .lock locking of a file

SYNOPSYS

dotlock --lock, -l filename dotlock --unlock, -u filename

DESCRIPTION

dotlock can be used to lock or unlock a given filename by creating or removing a filename.lock file which, if pre- sent, indicates that filename is locked. When trying to lock a file, dotlock will wait for an existing lock to be removed before creating its own lock and exiting.

OPTIONS

--lock, -l filename Lock the given filename. --unlock, -u filename Unlock the given filename.

DOCUMENTATION

Yves Arrouye SEE ALSO mush(1) July 16, 1996 1