I'd prefer standalone utility that is distributed without so heavy baggage.
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shlock?
christos
> shlock?
Unfortunately shlock cannot WAIT until lockfile is freed :-(
while ! shlock ...; do
sleep xxx;
done
looks ugly
what about setlock in daemontools.
Simon
> what about setlock in daemontools.
WARNING: daemontools-0.76nb1 may not be put on a CD-ROM:
WARNING: modified source and binaries may not be distributed
WARNING: daemontools-0.76nb1 may not be made available through FTP:
WARNING: modified source and binaries may not be distributed
Also running child process doesn't look good.
shlock's way suits my needs better.
> > what about setlock in daemontools.
> WARNING: daemontools-0.76nb1 may not be put on a CD-ROM:
> WARNING: modified source and binaries may not be distributed
> WARNING: daemontools-0.76nb1 may not be made available through FTP:
> WARNING: modified source and binaries may not be distributed
daemontools is one of the packages djb recently put into public domain:
http://cr.yp.to/distributors.html
Best,
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