On 7/27/07, Roy Souther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there anyway to do file locking in a bash script? I need to remove the > race hazard from a script that has multiple running instances per user, each > trying to make changes to a text file. I need to get exclusive access to a > file and make the other instances wait their turn. > > Any ideas? Flock is supported by more advances script engines like Perl but > flock seems to be beyond the ability of a simple shell like bash.
flock(1) is not acceptable? It uses the flock(2) sytem call, afaik. -Mark _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
