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| author | Calvin Morrison <mutantturkey@gmail.com> | 2014-04-07 17:39:31 -0400 |
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| committer | Calvin Morrison <mutantturkey@gmail.com> | 2014-04-07 17:39:31 -0400 |
| commit | 6387e442e8c1c9d06c80363ac172b1daf0afb430 (patch) | |
| tree | dd6a3b867f39e8a2ce6d4cbd23b4fc4300edf51d /README.markdown | |
| parent | a76371cf30bfd945b75b81a77a02a26a67b7478c (diff) | |
add README
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diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3bd076c --- /dev/null +++ b/README.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +Lock +==== + +This program creates a lock directory to ensure two programs do no simulaneously execute + +example: + + calvin@barnabas:~/lock$ lock p + calvin@barnabas:~/lock$ lock p && echo 'UNLOCKED' & + [2] 22844 + calvin@barnabas:~/lock$ rmdir p + * two seconds later * + calvin@barnabas:~/lock$ + UNLOCKED + [2]- Done lock p && echo -e '\nUNLOCKED\n' + calvin@barnabas:~/lock$ |