Re: exclusive execution

One solution would be to have the script write it's process ID in some .pid file. Since a process ID is per instance of the script, this should provide you with the functionality you're looking for. John On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Nikhil Goyal wrote: > I need to set up a script such that only one instance of it is running at a > time i.e. in case the script is already executing, it will not be started > again. > > My problem is on a script taking a long time to execute (like it should) - I > find that for some reason the script stops somewhere in the middle and > starts to re-execute. I wish to catch this re-execute and halt the script > instead > > N > > > > -- John Donagher Application Engineer Intacct Corp. - Powerful Accounting on the Web 408-395-0989 720 University Ave. Los Gatos CA 95032 www.intacct.com Public key available off http://www.keyserver.net Key fingerprint = 4024 DF50 56EE 19A3 258A D628 22DE AD56 EEBE 8DDD