<html> <head> <title>MHonArc Resources: LOCKFILE</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="lockdelay.html">LOCKDELAY</a>]</td><td><nobr>[<a href="../resources.html#lockfile">Resources</a>][<a href="../mhonarc.html">TOC</a>]</nobr></td><td align="right" width="50%">[Next: <a href="lockmethod.html">LOCKMETHOD</a>]</td></tr></table> <!--/x-rc-nav--> <hr> <h1>LOCKFILE</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> <code>M2H_LOCKFILE=</code><var>name</var> </p> </dd> <dt><strong>Element</strong></dt> <dd><p>N/A </p> </dd> <dt><strong>Command-line Option</strong></dt> <dd><p> <code>-lockfile </code><var>name</var> </p> </dd> </dl> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="description">Description</a></h2> <p>LOCKFILE is the name of the file used to create a lock on an archive. The file is used in the archive directory to signify that a MHonArc process is accessing the archive, and any other MHonArc process will wait until the lock is released. </p> <table border=0 cellpadding=4> <tr valign=top> <td><strong><font color="red">WARNING</font></strong></td> <td><p>You should not override the default name unless absolutely necessary, and you are confident about what you are doing. </p> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="default">Default Setting</a></h2> <p><tt>.mhonarc.lck</tt><br> <tt>mhonarc.lck</tt> (Windows/MSDOS)<br> <tt>mhonarc_lck</tt> (VMS)<br> </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>1.2 </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="seealso">See Also</a></h2> <p> <a href="lock.html">LOCK</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="lockdelay.html">LOCKDELAY</a>]</td><td><nobr>[<a href="../resources.html#lockfile">Resources</a>][<a href="../mhonarc.html">TOC</a>]</nobr></td><td align="right" width="50%">[Next: <a href="lockmethod.html">LOCKMETHOD</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 © 1998-2000, <a href="http://www.earlhood.com/" >Earl Hood</a>, <a href="mailto:mhonarc%40mhonarc.org" >mhonarc<!-- -->@<!-- -->mhonarc.org</a><br> </address> </body> </html>