I think that the "flock" command is maintained via this list, which is why I'm posting this "flock" usage question - if there's a more appropriate forum, please excuse me (and please point me at it) The flock usage and manpage describe how it can be used to wrap one lock around the execution of one command - can it be used to wrap one lock around the execution of two commands? e.g. I currently run, batch <<job svn pdel --revprop -r 0 svn:sync-lock https://qubit-toolkit.googlecode.com/svn svnsync sync https://qubit-toolkit.googlecode.com/svn job How can I use "flock" to wrap one lock around both "svn pdel" and "svnsync"? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux-ng" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html