lock -n is similiar to flock -n. If the lock was already taken,
fail with exit code = 1 and write error message to stderr.

example:
if ! lock -n /tmp/foo ; then
        echo lock exits.
else
        echo lock was free. But is locked now.
fi
> lock was free. But is locked now.
> lock exists.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Couzens <[email protected]>
---
 package/utils/busybox/patches/220-add_lock_util.patch | 18 +++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package/utils/busybox/patches/220-add_lock_util.patch 
b/package/utils/busybox/patches/220-add_lock_util.patch
index f42edcb..08f489a 100644
--- a/package/utils/busybox/patches/220-add_lock_util.patch
+++ b/package/utils/busybox/patches/220-add_lock_util.patch
@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@
  lib-$(CONFIG_MAKEDEVS)    += makedevs.o
  lib-$(CONFIG_MAN)         += man.o
  lib-$(CONFIG_MICROCOM)    += microcom.o
+Index: busybox-1.23.2/miscutils/lock.c
+===================================================================
 --- /dev/null
-+++ b/miscutils/lock.c
-@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
++++ busybox-1.23.2/miscutils/lock.c
+@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
 +/*
 + * Copyright (C) 2006 Felix Fietkau <[email protected]>
 + *
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@
 +static int unlock = 0;
 +static int shared = 0;
 +static int waitonly = 0;
++static int failinsteadwait = 0;
 +static int fd;
 +static char *file;
 +
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@
 +                      "       -s      Use shared locking\n"
 +                      "       -u      Unlock\n"
 +                      "       -w      Wait for the lock to become free, don't 
acquire lock\n"
++                      "       -n      Fail rather than wait\n"
 +                                      "\n", name);
 +      exit(1);
 +}
@@ -95,6 +99,8 @@
 +static int do_lock(void)
 +{
 +      int pid;
++      int ret;
++      int flags;
 +      char pidstr[8];
 +
 +      if ((fd = open(file, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, 0700)) < 0) {
@@ -104,7 +110,10 @@
 +              }
 +      }
 +
-+      if (flock(fd, (shared ? LOCK_SH : LOCK_EX)) < 0) {
++      flags = shared ? LOCK_SH : LOCK_EX;
++      flags |= failinsteadwait ? LOCK_NB : 0;
++
++      if ((ret = flock(fd, flags)) < 0) {
 +              fprintf(stderr, "Can't lock %s\n", file);
 +              return 1;
 +      }
@@ -156,6 +165,9 @@
 +                              case 'u':
 +                                      unlock = 1;
 +                                      break;
++                              case 'n':
++                                      failinsteadwait = 1;
++                                      break;
 +                      }
 +              }
 +              c--;
-- 
2.5.0
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