<html> <head> <title>MHonArc Resources: LOCK</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../docstyles.css"> </head> <body> <!--x-rc-nav--> <table border=0><tr valign="top"> <td align="left" width="50%">[Prev: <a href="localdatefmt.html">LOCALDATEFMT</a>]</td><td><nobr>[<a href="../resources.html#lock">Resources</a>][<a href="../mhonarc.html">TOC</a>]</nobr></td><td align="right" width="50%">[Next: <a href="lockdelay.html">LOCKDELAY</a>]</td></tr></table> <!--/x-rc-nav--> <hr> <h1>LOCK</h1> <!--X-TOC-Start--> <ul> <li><a href="#syntax">Syntax</a> <li><a href="#description">Description</a> <li><a href="#default">Default Setting</a> <li><a href="#rcvars">Resource Variables</a> <li><a href="#examples">Examples</a> <li><a href="#version">Version</a> <li><a href="#seealso">See Also</a> </ul> <!--X-TOC-End--> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="syntax">Syntax</a></h2> <dl> <dt><strong>Envariable</strong></dt> <dd><p>N/A </p> </dd> <dt><strong>Element</strong></dt> <dd><p>N/A </p> </dd> <dt><strong>Command-line Option</strong></dt> <dd><p><br> <code>-lock</code><br> <code>-nolock</code> </p> </dd> </dl> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="description">Description</a></h2> <p>When LOCK is On, MHonArc performs attempts to create a lock before processing an archive. When off, no lock is performed (contrast with <a href="force.html">FORCE</a>). </p> <table border=0 cellpadding=4> <tr valign=top> <td><strong><font color="red">WARNING</font></strong></td> <td><p>If LOCK is off, MHonArc will process the archive even if another MHonArc is active for the archive. This can lead to archive corruption. </p> </td> </tr> </table> <p>A reason to turn off LOCK is if MHonArc is being invoked from another process (like <b>Procmail</b>) that has its own locking mechanism to insure multiple instances cannot be accessing the same archive at the same time. </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="default">Default Setting</a></h2> <p>On. </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="rcvars">Resource Variables</a></h2> <p>N/A </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="examples">Examples</a></h2> <p>None. </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="version">Version</a></h2> <p>2.3.0 </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="seealso">See Also</a></h2> <p> <a href="force.html">FORCE</a>, <a href="lockdelay.html">LOCKDELAY</a>, <a href="lockmethod.html">LOCKMETHOD</a>, <a href="locktries.html">LOCKTRIES</a> </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <!--x-rc-nav--> <table border=0><tr valign="top"> <td align="left" width="50%">[Prev: <a href="localdatefmt.html">LOCALDATEFMT</a>]</td><td><nobr>[<a href="../resources.html#lock">Resources</a>][<a href="../mhonarc.html">TOC</a>]</nobr></td><td align="right" width="50%">[Next: <a href="lockdelay.html">LOCKDELAY</a>]</td></tr></table> <!--/x-rc-nav--> <hr> <address> $Date: 2003/10/06 22:04:17 $ <br> <img align="top" src="../monicon.png" alt=""> <a href="http://www.mhonarc.org/" ><strong>MHonArc</strong></a><br> Copyright © 1998-1999 <a href="http://www.earlhood.com/" >Earl Hood</a>, <a href="mailto:mhonarc%40mhonarc.org" >mhonarc<!-- -->@<!-- -->mhonarc.org</a><br> </address> </body> </html>