NAME¶
lockf - lock files from within shell-scripts (used by sn news system)
SYNOPSIS¶
lockf
DESCRIPTION¶
lockf can be used to lock files from within shell-scripts. Filedescriptor
3 is always locked, and the lock remains until the process is killed. The
process-id is written to standard output, as to facilitate killing the
process.
It is used by the sn news system.
SEE ALSO¶
sn(8)