Re: lockfile -- posix compliant?
* Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-01-17 02:25:11+0100]: On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 08:03:29PM -0500, N.J. Thomas wrote: Can someone tell me if lockfile(1) is a POSIX-defined utility? Considering that lockfile(1) is usually installed as part of procmail Ah, gotcha. Coincidently, the RHEL 5, OpenBSD 4.1, and FreeBSD 6.2 boxes that I tested it on all happened to have procmail installed and I assumed that lockfile(1) was a POSIX util. Thanks for the heads up. Thomas -- N.J. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
lockfile -- posix compliant?
Can someone tell me if lockfile(1) is a POSIX-defined utility? I couldn't tell from the man page or the source code, and I seem to be having trouble locating info on the web. Jens Schweikhardt's excellent page on FreeBSD POSIX Compliance: http://people.freebsd.org/~schweikh/posix-utilities-APR-02.html doesn't list it, so I am inclined to say that it is not, but I wanted to be sure. thanks, Thomas -- N.J. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: lockfile -- posix compliant?
On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 08:03:29PM -0500, N.J. Thomas wrote: Can someone tell me if lockfile(1) is a POSIX-defined utility? I couldn't tell from the man page or the source code, and I seem to be having trouble locating info on the web. Jens Schweikhardt's excellent page on FreeBSD POSIX Compliance: http://people.freebsd.org/~schweikh/posix-utilities-APR-02.html doesn't list it, so I am inclined to say that it is not, but I wanted to be sure. Considering that lockfile(1) is usually installed as part of procmail, and is not part of the base system of FreeBSD, NetBSD, Solaris or Linux, it seems fairly safe say that lockfile(1) is not defined by POSIX. It might be that you meant lockf(1) though, which is part of the FreeBSD base system. It is not part of either NetBSD, Linux or Solaris though and the FreeBSD manpage makes no mention of standard compliance, which means it is most likely not defined by POSIX either. -- Insert your favourite quote here. Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
