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33 .Nd execute a command while holding a file lock
44 utility acquires an exclusive lock on a
46 creating it if necessary.
47 While holding the lock, it executes a
55 releases the lock, and removes the
61 locking is used, as described in
63 the mere existence of the
65 is not considered to constitute a lock.
67 The following options are supported:
70 Causes the lock file to be kept (not removed) after the command
76 Failure to acquire the lock is indicated only in the exit status.
78 Specifies a timeout for waiting for the lock. By default,
80 waits indefinitely to acquire the lock.
81 If a timeout is specified with this option,
83 will wait at most the given number of
85 before giving up. A timeout of 0 may be given, in which case
87 will fail unless it can acquire the lock immediately.
92 break a lock that is held by another process.
96 successfully acquires the lock, it returns the exit status produced by
98 Otherwise, it returns one of the exit codes defined in
101 .Bl -tag -width F_CANTCREATX
103 The specified lock file was already locked by another process.
108 was unable to create the lock file, e.g., because of insufficient access
111 There was an error on the
115 A system call (e.g., fork) failed unexpectedly.
123 utility first appeared in
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