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| author | Terry Burton | 2016-04-14 13:27:52 +0200 |
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| committer | Terry Burton | 2016-04-16 00:15:22 +0200 |
| commit | 703251401cb11ee5d00a6b8f8bd9dc80c160f476 (patch) | |
| tree | 6574a97ba87fd28cec5b6c7c377094239469eb73 /sys-utils/flock.1 | |
| parent | build-sys: add --enable-libuuid-force-uuidd (diff) | |
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flock: Introduce no-fork option.
When guarding a command with flock it is sometimes preferable to not leave a
flock process waiting around for the command to exit.
Diffstat (limited to 'sys-utils/flock.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | sys-utils/flock.1 | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sys-utils/flock.1 b/sys-utils/flock.1 index 8e9d5c29a..c10cde5ff 100644 --- a/sys-utils/flock.1 +++ b/sys-utils/flock.1 @@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ The exit code used when the \fB\-n\fP option is in use, and the conflicting lock exists, or the \fB\-w\fP option is in use, and the timeout is reached. The default value is \fB1\fR. .TP +.BR \-F , " \-\-no\-fork" +Do not fork before executing +.IR command . +Upon execution the flock process is replaced by +.IR command +which continues to hold the lock. This option is incompatible with +\fB\-\-close\fR as there would otherwise be nothing left to hold the lock. +.TP .BR \-e , " \-x" , " \-\-exclusive" Obtain an exclusive lock, sometimes called a write lock. This is the default. |