Check it out: http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/045
Summary: Use flock. "man -s 1 flock" provides examples on usage that may suit you. On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Satish Kr Malanch <satishmala...@gmail.com > wrote: > Hello all, > Can anyone plz help me create a scrropt to run a cron job > > , I have schedule fetmail in every 5 minutes. but some time my cron get > stucked due to another running instance > > I want a script that execute in every 3 minutes and check whether fetchmail > is running or not if running then abort it and re run. > > Thanks s > > -- > With Best Regards: > *Satish Kr Malanch* > ---------------------------------------------------- > "The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes > but in having new eyes. " > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit my Blog by clicking here <http://sd-malanch.blogspot.in/> > _______________________________________________ > Ilugd mailing list > Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd