Provided by: aegis_4.24.3-3_amd64 
NAME
aelock - take a lock while a command runs
SYNOPSIS
aelock [ option... ] command
aelock -Help
aelock -VERSion
DESCRIPTION
The aelock" command is used to take a project lock while a command runs. This may be used to ensure
that the project state is stable while it is being backed up.
The named command is looked for as an attribute called aelock:command within the project_specific field
of the project configuration file.
The command is then passed through the usual aesub(5) substitutions before being executed. The command
is executed as the project owner. If the command returns with a non-zero exit status, the aelock(1)
command will return an exit status of one.
Security Issues
This command is a potential security problem. Because it takes a read-only lock of all active branches
and changes in a project, from the trunk down, misuse of this command is a potential denial of service
attack. Thus, this command is limited to project administrators only.
This command could have been designed to take an arbitrary command to execute, like sudo(1), but this
would have granted users, even project administrators, more privileges than usual. For this reason, the
command is held in a source controlled, fully reviewed project configuration file, and is simply
indicated by name.
The command is run as the project owner, not the executing user. It has full write access (that's the
way Unix permissions work). Like aeb(1), this means it can wreak havoc on the project baseline and
meta-data. Use with extreme care.
OPTIONS
The following options are understood:
-Project name
This option may be used to select the project of interest. When no -Project option is
specified, the AEGIS_PROJECT environment variable is consulted. If that does not exist, the
user's $HOME/.aegisrc file is examined for a default project field (see aeuconf(5) for more
information). If that does not exist, when the user is only working on changes within a single
project, the project name defaults to that project. Otherwise, it is an error.
-Help
This option may be used to obtain more information about how to use the aelock program.
See also aegis(1) for options common to all aegis commands.
All options may be abbreviated; the abbreviation is documented as the upper case letters, all lower case
letters and underscores (_) are optional. You must use consecutive sequences of optional letters.
All options are case insensitive, you may type them in upper case or lower case or a combination of
both, case is not important.
For example: the arguments "-project, "-PROJ" and "-p" are all interpreted to mean the -Project option.
The argument "-prj" will not be understood, because consecutive optional characters were not supplied.
Options and other command line arguments may be mixed arbitrarily on the command line, after the
function selectors.
The GNU long option names are understood. Since all option names for aelock are long, this means
ignoring the extra leading '-'. The "--option=value" convention is also understood.
EXIT STATUS
The aelock command will exit with a status of 1 on any error. The aelock command will only exit with a
status of 0 if there are no errors.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See aegis(1) for a list of environment variables which may affect this command. See aepconf(5) for the project configuration file's project_specific field for how to set environment variables for all commands executed by Aegis.
COPYRIGHT
aelock version 4.24.3.D001
Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Peter Miller
The aelock program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use the 'aelock -VERSion License'
command. This is free software and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; for
details use the 'aelock -VERSion License' command.
AUTHOR
Peter Miller E-Mail: millerp@canb.auug.org.au /\/\* WWW: http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/