From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 17 19:15:47 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3029716A420 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:15:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from njt@ayvali.org) Received: from starfish.geekisp.com (mail.geekisp.com [216.168.135.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 968B113C457 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:15:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from njt@ayvali.org) Received: (qmail 15010 invoked by uid 1003); 17 Jan 2008 19:16:47 -0000 Received: from clam.int.geekisp.com (HELO clam.geekisp.com) (192.168.4.38) by mail.geekisp.com with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 17 Jan 2008 19:16:47 -0000 Received: from clam.geekisp.com (njt@localhost.geekisp.com [127.0.0.1]) by clam.geekisp.com (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id m0HJFjCI025309 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:15:45 -0500 (EST) Received: (from njt@localhost) by clam.geekisp.com (8.14.0/8.14.0/Submit) id m0HJFjsi028297 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:15:45 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: clam.geekisp.com: njt set sender to njt@ayvali.org using -f Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:15:45 -0500 From: "N.J. Thomas" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080117191545.GC9286@ayvali.org> References: <20080117010329.GD6007@ayvali.org> <20080117012511.GA74669@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080117012511.GA74669@owl.midgard.homeip.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Subject: Re: lockfile -- posix compliant? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:15:47 -0000 * Erik Trulsson [2008-01-17 02:25:11+0100]: > On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 08:03:29PM -0500, N.J. Thomas wrote: > > Can someone tell me if lockfile(1) is a POSIX-defined utility? > > Considering that lockfile(1) is usually installed as part of procmail Ah, gotcha. Coincidently, the RHEL 5, OpenBSD 4.1, and FreeBSD 6.2 boxes that I tested it on all happened to have procmail installed and I assumed that lockfile(1) was a POSIX util. Thanks for the heads up. Thomas -- N.J. Thomas njt@ayvali.org Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo