10 version = "2012-08-11";
12 src = fetchFromGitHub {
15 rev = "5c2b2092f8edcc8e3e2eb6ef66c968675dbfa686";
16 sha256 = "0vajck9q2677gpn9a4flkyz7mw69ql1647cjwqh834nrcr2b5164";
20 mkdir -p $out/lib $out/bin
21 cp ./libflockit.so $out/lib
25 env LD_PRELOAD="$out/lib/libflockit.so" FLOCKIT_FILE_PREFIX=\$1 \''${@:2}
28 chmod +x $out/bin/flockit
32 description = "LD_PRELOAD shim to add file locking to programs that don't do it (I'm looking at you, rsync!)";
33 mainProgram = "flockit";
35 This library and tool exists solely because rsync doesn't have file locking.
37 It's not used like a normal library; you don't link against it, and you
38 don't have to patch your source code to use it. It's inserted between your
39 program and its libraries by use of LD_PRELOAD.
43 $ env LD_PRELOAD=$(nix-build -A pkgs.flockit)/lib/libflockit.so FLOCKIT_FILE_PREFIX=test rsync SRC DEST
45 Besides the library a handy executable is provided which can simplify the above to:
47 $ $(nix-build -A pkgs.flockit)/bin/flockit test rsync SRC DEST
49 Also see the following blog post:
50 https://www.swiftstack.com/blog/2012/08/15/old-school-monkeypatching/
52 homepage = "https://github.com/smerritt/flockit";
53 license = licenses.asl20;
54 platforms = platforms.linux;
55 maintainers = [ maintainers.basvandijk ];