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#!/bin/bash
# filelock--A flexible file locking mechanism
retries="10" # Default number of retries
action="lock" # Default action
nullcmd="`which true`" # Null command for lockfile
while getopts "lur:" opt; do
case $opt in
l ) action="lock" ;;
u ) action="unlock" ;;
r ) retries="$OPTARG" ;;
esac
done
shift $(($OPTIND - 1))
if [ $# -eq 0 ] ; then # Output a multi-line error message to stdout.
cat << EOF >&2
Usage: $0 [-l|-u] [-r retries] LOCKFILE
Where -l requests a lock (the default), -u requests an unlock, -r X
specifies a max number of retries before it fails (default = $retries).
EOF
exit 1
fi
# Ascertain if we have the lockfile command.
if [ -z "$(which lockfile | grep -v '^no ')" ] ; then
echo "$0 failed: 'lockfile' utility not found in PATH." >&2
exit 1
fi
if [ "$action" = "lock" ] ; then
if ! lockfile -1 -r $retries "$1" 2> /dev/null; then
echo "$0: Failed: Couldn't create lockfile in time" >&2
exit 1
fi
else # Action = unlock.
if [ ! -f "$1" ] ; then
echo "$0: Warning: lockfile $1 doesn't exist to unlock" >&2
exit 1
fi
rm -f "$1"
fi
exit 0