Hi robert,

Robert Couture wrote to All:
RC> Hello!
RC> 
RC> I am wondering what would be the easiest way to test for and delete a 
RC> stale lock file.
RC> 
RC> Every once and a while, hpt seems to be segfaulting leaving the hpt-lock 
RC> file behind.  I would like to test for this and if the file is past a 
RC> certain age, delete the file so that mail processing can continue without 
RC> intervention.

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

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




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