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## NAME
       dotlock.mailutils - lock mail spool files.

## SYNOPSIS
       **dotlock.mailutils** [_OPTION_...] _FILE_

## DESCRIPTION
       GNU dotlock **--** lock mail spool files.

### -d --[no-]debug
              print details of failure reasons to stderr

### -f --force
              forcibly break an existing lock older than a certain time

### -p --[no-]pid-check
              check if the PID of lock owner is still active

### -r --retry
              retry the lock a few times

### -t --delay
              delay between two successive locking attempts (in seconds)

### -u --[no-]unlock
              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**

### --config-lint
              check configuration file syntax and exit

### --config-verbose
              verbosely log parsing of the configuration files

### --no-config
              do not load site and user configuration files

### --no-site-config
              do not load site-wide configuration file

### --no-user-config
              do not load user configuration file

       **--set**=_PARAM=VALUE_
              set configuration parameter

              Informational options

### --config-help
              show configuration file summary

### --show-config-options
              show compilation options

       -?, **--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 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.

## REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <<bug-mailutils@gnu.org>>.
       GNU Mailutils home page: <<http://mailutils.org>>
       General help using GNU software: <<http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>>

## COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  ©  2007-2022  Free Software Foundation, inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or
       later <<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>>
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY,  to
       the extent permitted by law.

## SEE ALSO
       The complete GNU mailutils documentation is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the **mailutils-**
       **doc** package is installed, the command

              **info** **mailutils**

       should give you access to the complete manual.
       You can also find this manual online in the GNU mailutils webpage:
       <https://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/manual/index.html>.
       Please note this manpage was automatically generated by the Debian  mailutils  packagers.  Do
       not file bugs for its content to the GNU Mailutils upstream authors.



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