On 22:31 11 Mar 2003, Jim Christiansen <christiansen_j@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | Several (probably many others too) on the K12OSN list (this is for Linux | Thin Servers/Clients in Education) have been having a problem with students | clicking away on icons impatiently and starting too many processes with the | result that things tend to become totally screwed up (sorry for the s word). I use this script: http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/scripts/lock Blurb here: http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/css/index.html#s-lock Manual here: http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/man/lock.1.html Thus: lock -1 command that should run only once It makes NFS-safe locks in the user's $HOME/.lock directory. Has a few different invocation options. I use it very heavily for any number of things. It's amazing how useful a shell-level lock command is once you have it. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 cs@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/ Please remove ski mask and unload guns before entering. - A sign outside Don's Guns in Indianapolis. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
