Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup fails

[Ben Escoto]

>>>>> Kevin Spicer <address@hidden>
>>>>> wrote the following on Sun, 07 Aug 2005 21:03:29 +0100

> What about just getting an exclusive lock on a file using flock.  If you
> can't get the lock then there is another rdiff-backup in progress, if
> rdiff-backup fails then the process exiting will release the lock. 

Is locking portable though?  I guess it would be enough if we could
tell whether or not we had locking.  If we have flock, and can't get a
lock, then we know another rdiff-backup process is running (or a 3rd
thing is broken).


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Ben Escoto