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On Sun, 05 Mar 2023 07:45:16 -0800 Robin Lee Powell via rsync wrote: > Oh, yeah, I missed that part. Yeah, don't do that; it's easy to add > a lock file to a shell script. Not so easy IMO to do that properly. Use the flock command if your system provides it. That said, using a systemd service (resp timer) for interactive (resp batch/cron) use: - gives you that locking for free - enforce using the same execution context in both cases (ex: the Unix environment, the locale ...) -- francis -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html