>> >>Does anybody know more or less well known replacement for >> >>"lockfile" utility shipped with procmail? >> >> >> >>I'd prefer standalone utility that is distributed without so >> >>heavy baggage. >> >>> shlock? >> >> Unfortunately shlock cannot WAIT until lockfile is freed :-( >> >> while ! shlock ...; do >> sleep xxx; >> done >> >> looks ugly >> > what about setlock in daemontools. WARNING: daemontools-0.76nb1 may not be put on a CD-ROM: WARNING: modified source and binaries may not be distributed WARNING: daemontools-0.76nb1 may not be made available through FTP: WARNING: modified source and binaries may not be distributed Also running child process doesn't look good. shlock's way suits my needs better. -- Best regards, Aleksey Cheusov.