dotlockfile

[Michael Hipp]

Bill Campbell wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2007, Michael Hipp wrote:
>> Does anyone have a bash script that does essentially the same thing as 
>> the 'dotlockfile' utility?
>>
>> I have a system without dotlockfile but I need that functionality to 
>> keep a script from clobbering itself.
> 
> I often use the ``shlock'' from inn.

Thanks. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be available either :-(

Michael