man dotlock.mailutils (Commandes) - manual page for dotlock (GNU Mailutils 0.6.93)
NAME
dotlock - manual page for dotlock (GNU Mailutils 0.6.93)
SYNOPSIS
dotlock.mailutils [OPTION...] FILE
DESCRIPTION
GNU dotlock -- lock mail spool files
- -d, --debug
 - Print details of failure reasons to stderr
 - -f, --force[=MINUTES]
 - Forcibly break an existing lock older than a certain time
 - -r, --retry[=RETRIES]
 - Retry the lock a few times
 - -u, --unlock
 - Unlock
 - -?, --help
 - Give this help list
 - --usage
 - Give a short usage message
 - -V, --version
 - Print program version
 
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.
Returns 0 on success, 3 if locking the file fails because it's already locked, and 1 if some other kind of error occurred.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-mailutils@gnu.org>.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for dotlock is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and dotlock programs are properly installed at your site, the command
- info dotlock
 
should give you access to the complete manual.