Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 09:06:09 -0400 From: Howard Goldstein <hgoldste@bbs.mpcs.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: street@iName.com, kpielorz@tdx.co.uk Subject: Re: Protecting Shell scripts from deadlocks... Message-ID: <199804261306.JAA20223@bbs.mpcs.com> In-Reply-To: <87zph990m6.fsf@kstreet.interlog.com>
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street@iName.com wrote: : : There's a little utility called lockfile which is distributed as part : of procmail that can help with this. It has timeouts and retries and : lock forcing options that are handy. shlock (in the INN distribution) may also be an option. It's less powerful than lockfile though, lacking timeouts and retries... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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