18 Dec
2006
18 Dec
'06
5:45 p.m.
On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 11:15:46AM -0500, William Dunn wrote:
if [ -f /root/rsync-scripts/centos.lockfile ]
[...]
touch /root/rsync-scripts/centos.lockfile
I suggest using mkdir for lockfiles -- if the directory already exists, it'll fail, so you can do the test and create as essential an atomic operation, so you don't have a race.
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