NAME

rmlockfile - remove an orphaned lockfile when its process has finished

SYNOPSIS

rmlockfile [options]

Options
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--process,-p    process name to check is running
--filepath,-f   path of the lockfile to remove if process is not running
--help,-h       display these options

Command line examples
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$ ./rmlockfile --process keepassx --filepath ~/Documents/vault.kdb.lock

$ ./rmlockfile -p keepassx -f ~/Documents/vault.kdb.lock

Crontab example
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* * * * * /home/user1/rmlockfile -p keepassx -f /home/user1/Documents/vault.kdb.lock

DESCRIPTION

rmlockfile is a lightweight program for tidying up orphaned lockfiles after their process has finished. My primary use-case for this was keepassx, which will always leave behind a lockfile if interrupted or terminated.

REQUIREMENTS

Perl v5.8 or higher, GNU Bash (tested on v4.3.42, Fedora 22)

AUTHOR

David Farrell © 2015

LICENSE

FreeBSD, see LICENSE