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SHLOCK(1)              DragonFly General Commands Manual             SHLOCK(1)

NAME
     shlock -- create lock file from shell script

SYNOPSIS
     shlock [-d] [-f name] [-p pid] [-u]

DESCRIPTION
     The shlock utility tries to create a lock file named name and writes the
     process id pid into this file.

     Options:

     -d          Enable debugging.

     -f name     The filename of the lock file.

     -p pid      The process id that will be written to file.

     -u          Use UUCP style lock file format.

EXIT STATUS
     The shlock utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

EXAMPLES
     A typical use could be (from within a script):

           shlock -f script.lock -p $$

HISTORY
     The shlock command appeared in DragonFly 1.3.

DragonFly 4.3                    July 24, 2005                   DragonFly 4.3