lock test from sh script

[Daniel O'Connor]

On Friday 17 October 2008 20:18:20 Igor Pokrovsky wrote:
> I need to check if file is locked or not (with flock) from a shell
> script. I remember there was something but cannot recall what exactly.
> And if possible I do not want to write my own test utility even it
> is several lines in length)

lockf -s -t 0 /path/to/file /bin/echo -n
if [ $? -eq 75 ]; then
	echo file is locked
	exit
fi

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