You want your script to execute without overlapping another execution.
Entries from October 30th, 2009
bash shell script to manage pid file creation/deletion
October 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Linux, OS X
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bash shell script to use getopts with gnu style long positional parameters
October 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Linux, OS X
Problem: You want to support –really-long-option-names in your bash script and getopts won’t do it. More problems: You don’t want to use getopt because you want cross platform support or your platform isn’t supported. More problems than that: I can’t help with existential issues. Solution: Rewrite the long options into short options and then use [...]