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		0xbadcafebee 20 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Things Unix can do atomically (2010) You can use `ln` atomicity for a simple, portable(ish) locking system: https://gist.github.com/pwillis-els/b01b22f1b967a228c31db3cf...

akoboldfrying 20 days ago | [–]

Really nice explanation of a useful pattern. I was surprised to discover that even the famously broken NFS honours atomicity of hardlink creation.

michaelcampbell 16 days ago | [–]

I use `mkdir` for a locking mechanism quite frequently. It also provides me an area to put stuff during the script runs.

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