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diff --git a/postgresql-prep/src/testlock/testlock.md b/postgresql-prep/src/testlock/testlock.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8ec2a48 --- /dev/null +++ b/postgresql-prep/src/testlock/testlock.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +# testlock 1 "April 26 2006" "" "" +## NAME +testlock \- lock a file and run a command with the lock held +## SYNOPSIS +testlock [-v] [-t timeout] [-s] [-r exittcode] filename command args ... +## DESCRIPTION + +Testlock will acquire a file lock and then execute a command while the lock is held. +If no timeout is provided, testlock will wait indefinitely until the file can be locked, +and then execute the command. +If a timeout is given, it will stop waiting after that many seconds have passed. + +### Options + +-t +Abort if the lock cannot be acquired after _timeout_ seconds. +If _timeout_ is 0, the lock will be totally non-blocking. + +-s +Silently ignore errors with locking. +(Other errors will still be reported.) + +-r exitcode +If the lock cannot be acquired, use this exit code instead of the default exit code of 99. + +## AUTHOR +Tony Hansen. |