The man page did not indicate that the exit status of flock is actually that of the child command, when one is run. --- sys-utils/flock.1 | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/sys-utils/flock.1 b/sys-utils/flock.1 index 99ae682..c245eda 100644 --- a/sys-utils/flock.1 +++ b/sys-utils/flock.1 @@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ or which report a failure to acquire the lock with a return value given by the .I \-E option, or 1 by default. +.PP +When using the <command> variant, and executing the child worked, then +the exit status is that of the child command. .SH AUTHOR .UR hpa@xxxxxxxxx H. Peter Anvin -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
