[BusyBox 0001433]: [patch] tool for use of flock style locks in shell scripts

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http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=1433 
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Reported By:                mirabilos
Assigned To:                BusyBox
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Project:                    BusyBox
Issue ID:                   1433
Category:                   New Features
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             07-20-2007 05:04 PDT
Last Modified:              07-21-2007 07:15 PDT
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Summary:                    [patch] tool for use of flock style locks in shell
scripts
Description: 
This tool is used in OpenWrt and also part of FreeWRT,
maybe others use it as well.

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 vda - 07-21-07 07:15  
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lock is too generic for a name. filelock?

Needs busybox'ification a lot:
* usage text has to be in usage.h
* usage text is too terse (doesn't explain what applet is doing)
* nuke "static int unlock" flags, use option_mask32 (many examples in
other applets)
* fprintf(stderr, "Can't open %s\n", file) => bb_perror_msg[_and_die]

I'm a bit curious how you are actually using this applet. 

Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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07-20-07 05:04  mirabilos      New Issue                                    
07-20-07 05:04  mirabilos      Status                   new => assigned     
07-20-07 05:04  mirabilos      Assigned To               => BusyBox         
07-20-07 05:04  mirabilos      File Added: 340-lock_util.patch                  
 
07-21-07 07:15  vda            Note Added: 0002613                          
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