NAME

       runlock - prevent concurrent execution of a process

SYNOPSYS

       runlock [ -h ]

       runlock [ -d ] [ -f pathname ] [ -t timeout ] command [ args ]

DESCRIPTION

       runlock  tries to hold an exclusive lock while it executes a command. Subsequent execution
       of runlock with the same lock, while that lock is held, will cause  the  new  instance  of
       runlock  to terminate with a faliure exit code. Otherwise, the exit code of the subprocess
       is returned.

USAGE

       -d

              Debug mode; send log messages to standard error as well as to the system log.

       -f pathname

              Specifies the pathname of the file to use as a lock file.  The default is to create
              a  lock  file  in  /tmp/cronutils-$USER  with  the  name of the command, and suffix
              ".pid".

       -t timeout

              Specifies the duration, in seconds, for runlock to wait before giving up on  trying
              to acquire the lock.  The default is 5 seconds.

       -h

              Prints some basic help.

BUGS

       Sending  SIGALRM  to  runlock before the timer has expired will cause the subprocess to be
       killed.

SEE ALSO

       runalarm(1), runstat(1)

AUTHOR

       runlock was written by Jamie Wilkinson <jaq@google.com>.

COPYRIGHT

       This program is copyright (C) 2010 Google, Inc.

       It is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0