NAME
    rlock v1.3.0

  SYNOPSIS
    rlock [options]+ file.lock [program [-- [options]+] [args]+]

  DESCRIPTTION
    rlock creates NFS resistent lockfiles

  ENVIRONMENT
    LOCKFILE_DEBUG=1 will show internal actions of the library

  DIAGNOSTICS
   success => $? == 0
   failure => $? != 0

  AUTHOR
   ara.t.howard@noaa.gov

  BUGS
   > 1

  OPTIONS


    -r, --retries=n                  default(nil) - (nil => forever)
    -a, --max_age=n                  default(1024)
    -s, --sleep_inc=n                default(2)
    -p, --max_sleep=n                default(32)
    -P, --min_sleep=n                default(2)
    -u, --suspend=n                  default(64)
    -t, --timeout=n                  default(nil) - (nil => never)
    -f, --refresh=n                  default(8)
    -d, --debug                      default(false)
    -R, --poll_retries=n             default(16)
    -S, --poll_max_sleep=n           default(0.08)
    -w, --dont_sweep                 default(false)
    -v=0-4|debug|info|warn|error|fatal
        --verbosity
    -l, --log=path
        --log_age=log_age
        --log_size=log_size
    -h, --help

  EXAMPLES

    0) simple usage - just create a file.lock in an atomic fashion 

      ~ > rlock file.lock

    1) safe usage - create a file.lock, execute a command, and remove file.lock

      ~ > rlock file.lock ls file.lock

    2) same as above, but logging verbose messages 

      ~ > rlock -v4 file.lock ls file.lock
   
    3) same as above, but logging verbose messages and showing actions internal to
       lockfile library

      ~ > rlock -v4 -d file.lock ls file.lock

    4) same as above

      ~ > LOCKFILE_DEBUG=1 rlock -v4 file.lock ls file.lock

    5) same as above

      ~ > export LOCKFILE_DEBUG=1
      ~ > rlock -v4 file.lock ls file.lock

    6) note that you need to tell the option parser to stop parsing rlock
       options if you intend to pass options to 'program' 

      ~ > rlock -v4 -d file.lock -- ls -ltar file.lock

       without the '--' rlock would consume the '-ltar' options, parsing it
       as the logfile name 'tar'

    7) lock file.lock and exec 'program' - remove the file.lock if it is older
       than 4242 seconds

      ~ > rlock --max_age=4242 file.lock program 

    8) lock file.lock and exec 'program' - remove the file.lock if it is older
       than 4242 seconds, also spawn a background thread which will refresh
       file.lock every 8 seonds will 'program' is executing

      ~ > rlock --max_age=4242 --refresh=8 file.lock program 

    9) same as above, but fail if file.lock cannot be obtained within 1 minute

      ~ > rlock --max_age=4242 --refresh=8 --timeout=60 file.lock program