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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-10-30 17:46:31 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-10-30 17:46:31 +0000
commit414ea699038fdddb0d6d5756ea1ed702600abe8f (patch)
treee06ed3e4123eea5a8f37c8ec88db40a70fd59b79 /libexec/lockspool
parent458b80a106b294d4d78828e7d7c6439c802ad85e (diff)
libexec man page fleshing. again, bored on the plane home.
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@@ -34,37 +34,45 @@
.Nm lockspool
.Op Ar username
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Lockspool
+.Nm
is useful for a client mail program to attain proper locking.
-.Nm Lockspool
+.Nm
obtains a
-.Nm username.lock
-for the calling user and retains it until stdin is closed or a signal
-like SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP is received. Additionally, the superuser
-may specify the name of a user in order to lock a different mailbox.
+.Pa username.lock
+for the calling user and retains it until stdin is closed or a signal like
+.Dv SIGINT ,
+.Dv SIGTERM ,
+or
+.Dv SIGHUP
+is received.
+Additionally, the superuser may specify the name of a user in order
+to lock a different mailbox.
.Pp
If
-.Nm lockspool
-is able to create the lock file, ``1'' is written to stdout, otherwise
-``0'' is written and an error message is written to stderr.
-.Nm Lockspool
+.Nm
+is able to create the lock file,
+.Dq 1
+is written to stdout, otherwise
+.Dq 0
+is written and an error message is written to stderr.
+.Nm
will try up to 10 times to get the lock (sleeping
for a short period in between tries).
.Pp
The
-.Nm lockspool
+.Nm
utility exits 0 on success, and 1 if an error occurs.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /var/mail/username.lock -compact
.It Pa /var/mail/username.lock
-user's mail lock file.
+user's mail lock file
.El
-.Sh HISTORY
-The
-.Nm lockspool
-program appeared in
-.Ox 2.4 .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mail 1 ,
.Xr mail.local 1 ,
.Xr sendmail 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+program appeared in
+.Ox 2.4 .