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            1 .Dd October 8, 2015
            2 .Dt FLOCK 1
            3 .Os sbase
            4 .Sh NAME
            5 .Nm flock
            6 .Nd tool to manage locks on files
            7 .Sh SYNOPSIS
            8 .Nm
            9 .Op Fl nosux
           10 .Ar file
           11 .Ar cmd Op arg ...
           12 .Sh DESCRIPTION
           13 .Nm
           14 is used to manage advisory locks on open files.
           15 It is commonly used to prevent long running cron jobs from running in
           16 parallel.
           17 If
           18 .Ar file
           19 does not exist, it will be created.
           20 .Sh OPTIONS
           21 .Bl -tag -width Ds
           22 .It Fl n
           23 Set non-blocking mode on the lock.
           24 Fail immediately if the lock cannot be acquired.
           25 .It Fl o
           26 Close the file descriptor before exec to avoid having the exec'ed
           27 program holding on to the lock.
           28 .It Fl s
           29 Acquire a shared lock.
           30 .It Fl u
           31 Release the lock.
           32 .It Fl x
           33 Acquire an exclusive lock.
           34 This is the default.
           35 .El