Re: looking for the 'lockfile' program

[Wayne Topa <linuxtwo@gmail.com>]

On 10/02/2012 08:29 PM, Britton Kerin wrote:
> I'm trying to determine if the 'lockfile' program is still available
> or has been obsoleted for some reason.
>
> I'm not looking for lockfile_create or friends, nor flock, but the
> program described here:
>
>       http://linux.about.com/library/cmd/blcmdl1_lockfile.htm
>
> Thanks,
> Britton
 Squeeze & testing have a lockfile-progs

ie apt-cache search lockfile\*

Description-en: Programs for locking and unlocking files and mailboxes
 This package includes several programs to safely lock and unlock
 files and mailboxes from the command line.  These include:
 .
   lockfile-create
   lockfile-remove
   lockfile-touchlock
   mail-lock
   mail-unlock
   mail-touchlock
 .
 These programs use liblockfile to perform the file locking and
 unlocking, so they are guaranteed compatible with Debian's
 file locking policies.

HTH

--
Wayne