From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 17 01:03:30 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C549816A420 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:03:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from njt@ayvali.org) Received: from starfish.geekisp.com (mail.geekisp.com [216.168.135.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58A1F13C467 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:03:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from njt@ayvali.org) Received: (qmail 3266 invoked by uid 1003); 17 Jan 2008 01:04:30 -0000 Received: from clam.int.geekisp.com (HELO clam.geekisp.com) (192.168.4.38) by mail.geekisp.com with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 17 Jan 2008 01:04:30 -0000 Received: from clam.geekisp.com (njt@localhost.geekisp.com [127.0.0.1]) by clam.geekisp.com (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id m0H13TXi020703 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:03:29 -0500 (EST) Received: (from njt@localhost) by clam.geekisp.com (8.14.0/8.14.0/Submit) id m0H13TsS003118 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:03:29 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: clam.geekisp.com: njt set sender to njt@ayvali.org using -f Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:03:29 -0500 From: "N.J. Thomas" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080117010329.GD6007@ayvali.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Subject: lockfile -- posix compliant? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:03:30 -0000 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 njt@ayvali.org Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo