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Man Page: snlockf

Operating Environment: debian

Section: 8

lockf(8)						      System Manager's Manual							  lockf(8)

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) lockf(8)
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