On Friday 17 October 2008 20:18:20 Igor Pokrovsky wrote: > I need to check if file is locked or not (with flock) from a shell > script. I remember there was something but cannot recall what exactly. > And if possible I do not want to write my own test utility even it > is several lines in length)
lockf -s -t 0 /path/to/file /bin/echo -n
if [ $? -eq 75 ]; then
echo file is locked
exit
fi
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