Michiel Broek -> Robert Couture wrote:

 MB> If it's a lockfile with a pid in it you can send a kill -0 to that pid. The
 MB> exitcode of kill will tell if that pid existed or not.

No, it is a zero byte lock file.

 MB> Else use find with a test on mtime with a certain age, a couple of hours or
 MB> so.

Could you whip up a quick example to lead me in the right direction?

Robert.

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