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- .so \*(]ltmac.sprite
- .HS lockdir cmds
- .BS
- '\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
- .SH NAME
- lockdir \- Lock a directory atomically
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- \fBlockdir\fR [\fIfilename\fR]
- .SH OPTIONS
- .IP "\fIfilename\fR" 15
- Name of file to use for the lock (defaults to \fB./LOCK\fP).
- .BE
-
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .PP
- This is a simple program to acquire a lock on a directory. It waits
- for
- up to 10 minutes before giving up. It exits 0 if the lock was
- acquired and non-zero otherwise. If no argument is given, it assumes
- it is in the proper directory and just uses the file \fBLOCK\fB in the
- current directory.
- .SH KEYWORDS
- lock, atomic,
-