Re: flock(1) exit code (enhancement request)

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Well, if it maps onto sysexits.h in a sensible way that would be my first choice.

Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 01:45:18PM +0200, Jan Kasprzak wrote:
>>         This problem can be solved for example by mapping the exit
>code 1
>> of the -c command to something else. I.e. to add something like
>> 
>>         -m <number>
>>         --map-exit-code-1-to <number>
>> 
>> where the exit code of flock(1) would be <number>, iff the -c
><command> exits
>> with code 1.
>
>Not sure if a generic remap for exit(1) is a good solution.
>
>> 	The alternative would be to have user-settable exit code for
>> the "conflicting lock exists" failure.
>
>Yes, It would be nice to have user-settable exit codes, for:
>
>    --rc-timeout <num>
>    --rc-conflict <num>
>
>> 	What do you think about it? If you agree with the above syntax,
>> I can of course post a patch to flock(1).
>
>Send patch.
>
>    Karel
>
>-- 
> Karel Zak  <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx>
> http://karelzak.blogspot.com

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