On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 11:45 -0700, Michael L Torrie wrote: > I have a situation where shell scripts, executed asynchronously, need to > have a way to wait for each other when doing a load-intensive operation. > Do any of you have any methods for synchronizing the operation of > concurrent shell scripts?
My bad. Google reveals that there's a nice standard unix command: /usr/bin/lockfile man lockfile reveals this is just what I'm looking for. > > > Michael > > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
