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Diffstat (limited to 'sys-utils/flock.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | sys-utils/flock.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sys-utils/flock.c b/sys-utils/flock.c index 6c1acc32..029e4364 100644 --- a/sys-utils/flock.c +++ b/sys-utils/flock.c @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ static void usage(int ex) "flock (%s)\n" "Usage: %s [-sxun][-w #] fd#\n" " %s [-sxon][-w #] file [-c] command...\n" + " %s [-sxon][-w #] directory [-c] command...\n" " -s --shared Get a shared lock\n" " -x --exclusive Get an exclusive lock\n" " -u --unlock Remove a lock\n" @@ -201,7 +202,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) } filename = argv[optind]; - fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY|O_CREAT, 0666); + fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY|O_NOCTTY|O_CREAT, 0666); + /* Linux doesn't like O_CREAT on a directory, even though it should be a + no-op */ + if (fd < 0 && errno == EISDIR) + fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY|O_NOCTTY); if ( fd < 0 ) { err = errno; |