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Created September 24, 2015 20:14
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How to lock in bash
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lock.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -e
set -x
LOCKFILE=~/LOCK
if [ $1 -a $1 = "lockAcquired" ]; then
echo "I'm in."
sleep 10
else
echo "Acquiring lockfile $LOCKFILE ..."
flock $LOCKFILE $0 lockAcquired "$@"
fi
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