On 22:31 11 Mar 2003, Jim Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| Several (probably many others too) on the K12OSN list (this is for Linux
| Thin Servers/Clients in Education) have been having a problem with students
| clicking away on icons impatiently and starting too many processes with the
| result that things tend to become totally screwed up (sorry for the s word).
I use this script:
http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/scripts/lock
Blurb here:
http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/css/index.html#s-lock
Manual here:
http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/man/lock.1.html
Thus:
lock -1 command that should run only once
It makes NFS-safe locks in the user's $HOME/.lock directory. Has a few
different invocation options.
I use it very heavily for any number of things.
It's amazing how useful a shell-level lock command is once you have it.
Cheers,
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