{ "mode": "man", "parameter": "dotlock.mailutils", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/dotlock.mailutils/1/json", "generated": "2026-06-02T20:22:08Z", "synopsis": "dotlock.mailutils [OPTION...] FILE", "sections": { "NAME": { "content": "dotlock.mailutils - lock mail spool files.\n", "subsections": [] }, "SYNOPSIS": { "content": "dotlock.mailutils [OPTION...] FILE\n", "subsections": [] }, "DESCRIPTION": { "content": "GNU dotlock -- lock mail spool files.\n", "subsections": [ { "name": "-d --[no-]debug", "content": "print details of failure reasons to stderr\n", "flag": "-d" }, { "name": "-f --force", "content": "forcibly break an existing lock older than a certain time\n", "flag": "-f", "long": "--force" }, { "name": "-p --[no-]pid-check", "content": "check if the PID of lock owner is still active\n", "flag": "-p" }, { "name": "-r --retry", "content": "retry the lock a few times\n", "flag": "-r", "long": "--retry" }, { "name": "-t --delay", "content": "delay between two successive locking attempts (in seconds)\n", "flag": "-t", "long": "--delay" }, { "name": "-u --[no-]unlock", "content": "unlock\n\nGlobal debugging settings\n\n--debug-level=LEVEL\nset Mailutils debugging level\n\n--[no-]debug-line-info show source info with debugging messages\n\nConfiguration handling\n\n--config-file=FILE\nload this configuration file; implies --no-config\n", "flag": "-u" }, { "name": "--config-lint", "content": "check configuration file syntax and exit\n", "long": "--config-lint" }, { "name": "--config-verbose", "content": "verbosely log parsing of the configuration files\n", "long": "--config-verbose" }, { "name": "--no-config", "content": "do not load site and user configuration files\n", "long": "--no-config" }, { "name": "--no-site-config", "content": "do not load site-wide configuration file\n", "long": "--no-site-config" }, { "name": "--no-user-config", "content": "do not load user configuration file\n\n--set=PARAM=VALUE\nset configuration parameter\n\nInformational options\n", "long": "--no-user-config" }, { "name": "--config-help", "content": "show configuration file summary\n", "long": "--config-help" }, { "name": "--show-config-options", "content": "show compilation options\n\n-?, --help\ngive this help list\n", "long": "--show-config-options" }, { "name": "--usage", "content": "give a short usage message\n", "long": "--usage" }, { "name": "-V --version", "content": "print program version\n\nMandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corre‐\nsponding short options.\n\nReturns 0 on success, 3 if locking the file fails because it's already locked, and 1 if some\nother kind of error occurred.\n", "flag": "-V", "long": "--version" } ] }, "REPORTING BUGS": { "content": "Report bugs to .\nGNU Mailutils home page: \nGeneral help using GNU software: \n", "subsections": [] }, "COPYRIGHT": { "content": "Copyright © 2007-2022 Free Software Foundation, inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or\nlater \nThis is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to\nthe extent permitted by law.\n", "subsections": [] }, "SEE ALSO": { "content": "The complete GNU mailutils documentation is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the mailutils-\ndoc package is installed, the command\n\ninfo mailutils\n\nshould give you access to the complete manual.\nYou can also find this manual online in the GNU mailutils webpage:\nhttps://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/manual/index.html.\nPlease note this manpage was automatically generated by the Debian mailutils packagers. Do\nnot file bugs for its content to the GNU Mailutils upstream authors.\n\n\n\nFSF January 2022 DOTLOCK.MAILUTILS(1)", "subsections": [] } }, "summary": "dotlock.mailutils - lock mail spool files.", "flags": [ { "flag": "-d", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "print details of failure reasons to stderr" }, { "flag": "-f", "long": "--force", "arg": null, "description": "forcibly break an existing lock older than a certain time" }, { "flag": "-p", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "check if the PID of lock owner is still active" }, { "flag": "-r", "long": "--retry", "arg": null, "description": "retry the lock a few times" }, { "flag": "-t", "long": "--delay", "arg": null, "description": "delay between two successive locking attempts (in seconds)" }, { "flag": "-u", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "unlock Global debugging settings --debug-level=LEVEL set Mailutils debugging level --[no-]debug-line-info show source info with debugging messages Configuration handling --config-file=FILE load this configuration file; implies --no-config" }, { "flag": "", "long": "--config-lint", "arg": null, "description": "check configuration file syntax and exit" }, { "flag": "", "long": "--config-verbose", "arg": null, "description": "verbosely log parsing of the configuration files" }, { "flag": "", "long": "--no-config", "arg": null, "description": "do not load site and user configuration files" }, { "flag": "", "long": "--no-site-config", "arg": null, "description": "do not load site-wide configuration file" }, { "flag": "", "long": "--no-user-config", "arg": null, "description": "do not load user configuration file --set=PARAM=VALUE set configuration parameter Informational options" }, { "flag": "", "long": "--config-help", "arg": null, "description": "show configuration file summary" }, { "flag": "", "long": "--show-config-options", "arg": null, "description": "show compilation options -?, --help give this help list" }, { "flag": "", "long": "--usage", "arg": null, "description": "give a short usage message" }, { "flag": "-V", "long": "--version", "arg": null, "description": "print program version Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corre‐ sponding 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." } ], "examples": [], "see_also": [ { "name": "DOTLOCK.MAILUTILS", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/DOTLOCK.MAILUTILS/1/json" } ] }