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Old 04-11-2008
Locking issue
Hi everyone,

I have got a requirement that, i need to check a specific folder,say /test/lock/ for few specific files, say *lock*, whether it has been locked or not.If any one of it is locked than i need to delete that file after a specific time, say after 10 minutes.

I never have worked on such type of program earlier.Can anyone please help me to create a program like this?

Thanks in advance.Smilie

Regards
Susant
# 2  
Old 04-11-2008
Code:
dir=/test
[[ -f  $dir/lock ]] && sleep 600  && rm -f ./tmp/lock

If the file /test/lock exists, sleep for 600 seconds then delete the file.
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Old 04-11-2008
Just to point out the obvious, you mean "rm -f $dir/lock" at the end.
# 4  
Old 04-14-2008
Thnnx sa lot for quick reply
Thnnx sa lot for quick reply

Regards
Susant Smilie
# 5  
Old 09-30-2008
Hi Jim,

I have a similar requirement which is basically to detect whether a file ie being locked before I can go and modify it. Is there any possible and simple way that I can check that the file is not being locked by another process. thanks a lot.

Harby.
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