Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin Makefile src/usr.bin/shlock Makefile shlock.c

[Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@xxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 22:51:43 +0200, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 12:47:15PM -0700, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
>> joerg       2005/07/23 12:47:15 PDT
>> 
>> DragonFly src repository
>> 
>>   Modified files:
>>     usr.bin              Makefile 
>>   Added files:
>>     usr.bin/shlock       Makefile shlock.c 
>>   Log:
>>   Add shlock(1), a program for the safe creation of lock files from shell
>>   scripts. It's uses the same algorithm as implemented by Erik Fair, but
>>   is easier to read and more stricter in checking for error conditions.
> 
> I'll leave it to someone more documentation savy to either write a nice
> manpage from scratch or include the NetBSD version. The latter has a
> small bug BTW, the script uses link / unlink and not rename :-)

Why don't you just grab from NetBSD version and let someone to
improvement it? You are breaking about what's great about BSD, IMO.

Cheers,
Mezz

> Joerg