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Bugfixes:
[chiark-utils.git]
/
cprogs
/
with-lock-ex.1
diff --git
a/cprogs/with-lock-ex.1
b/cprogs/with-lock-ex.1
index ce3f87fd1b840f86a584e3727ff18588a5a214d1..941d1d9a0fa3a2d59d8c8aa2baa98ca0de7806ea 100644
(file)
--- a/
cprogs/with-lock-ex.1
+++ b/
cprogs/with-lock-ex.1
@@
-3,7
+3,7
@@
with-lock-ex \- file locker
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B with-lock-ex
with-lock-ex \- file locker
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B with-lock-ex
-.
RB [\| \-w \||\| \-q \||\| \-f \|]
+.
BR \-w \||\| \-q \||\| \-f
.I lockfile command
.IR args \ \|.\|.\|.
.br
.I lockfile command
.IR args \ \|.\|.\|.
.br
@@
-21,14
+21,16
@@
for each user class for which the umask has
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-w
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-w
-wait for the lock
+Wait for the lock to be available.
.TP
.B \-f
.TP
.B \-f
-fail if the lock cannot be acquired
+Fail (printing a message to stderr and exiting 255) if the lock cannot
+be acquired immediately because another process has it.
.TP
.B \-q
.TP
.B \-q
-silently do nothing (ie, exit 0 instead of executing the specified
-process) if the lock cannot be acquired
+Silently do nothing (ie, exit 0 instead of executing the specified
+process) if the lock cannot be acquired immediately because another
+process has it.
.SH STALE LOCKS
The locking protocol used does not suffer from stale locks. If the
lock cannot be acquired, one or more running processes must currently
.SH STALE LOCKS
The locking protocol used does not suffer from stale locks. If the
lock cannot be acquired, one or more running processes must currently
@@
-136,7
+138,7
@@
This Manual page was written by Matthew Vernon <matthew@debian.org>
and enhanced by Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>, in 2003, but
may be used by anyone.
.SH COPYRIGHT
and enhanced by Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>, in 2003, but
may be used by anyone.
.SH COPYRIGHT
-with-lock-ex was written by Ian Jack
ons
<ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
+with-lock-ex was written by Ian Jack
son
<ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999. He has placed it in the public
domain.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999. He has placed it in the public
domain.
.SH "SEE ALSO"