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1 #! /bin/sh
3 # interlock - wrap program invocation in lock to allow
4 # parallel builds to work.
5 # Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>, Aug 10 1996
7 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9 # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
10 # any later version.
12 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
15 # GNU General Public License for more details.
17 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
19 # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
21 # Usage:
22 # interlock lock-dir-name program args-to-program...
24 dirname="$1"
25 program="$2"
27 shift
28 shift
30 while (mkdir $dirname > /dev/null 2>&1 && exit 1 || exit 0); do
31 # Wait a bit.
32 sleep 1
33 done
35 # Race condition here: if interrupted after the loop but before this
36 # trap, the lock can be left around.
37 trap "rmdir $dirname > /dev/null 2>&1" 1 2 3 15
39 # We have the lock, so run the program.
40 $program ${1+"$@"}
41 ret=$?
43 # Release the lock.
44 rmdir $dirname > /dev/null 2>&1
46 exit $ret