I have no man pages for flock. Could you give me an example of how to use that in bash?
On Fri, 2007-07-27 at 09:04 -0600, Mark Carlson wrote: > 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 > Royce Souther www.SiliconTao.com Let Open Source help your business move beyond. For security this message is digitally authenticated by GnuPG.
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