#unsafe: rm -f lock.$pid
echo WARN: please delete stale lock.pid by HAND.
return 2
fi
else
# sleep some seconds,then back to 'while' loop
# 11 is a prime number, $$ as a random.
echo sleep $(( $$ % 11 ))
sleep $(( $$ % 11 ))
fi
done
# 'ln -s' is an atom op.
ln -s lock.$$ lock.pid >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
cd $oldpath
return 0 # We got the lock
else
[ -e lock.pid ] || echo WARN: please delete hanging lock.pid by HAND.
cd $oldpath
return 3 # Lock is probably taken by others.
fi
}
putlock () {
oldpath=`pwd`
cd $LOCKPATH && rm -f lock.$$ lock.pid
cd $oldpath
}
## test
shflock_cleanhook() {
echo i'm a hook.
}
while true; do
while ! getlock; do
#echo wait a second...
