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lockfiles

lockfiles is the plural of lockfile.

Meaning of lockfile

Noun

lockfile (plural lockfiles)

  1. (Unix) A file whose existence, by convention, indicates that a particular resource is in use.
    • To remedy this, the script went under the knife again to take advantage of UUCP device-locking semantics. pppd and other well-mannered applications which use the modem will write lockfiles to /var/lock/ as long as you don't configure them not to.2001, Tony Mancill, Linux Routers: A Primer for Network Administrators, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall PTR, →ISBN, page 92

Questions about lockfiles

What is lockfiles the plural of?
Lockfiles is the plural of lockfile.

Words near lockfiles in the dictionary

  1. Lockett
  2. Lockey
  3. Lockeys
  4. lockfast
  5. lockfile
  6. lockfiles
  7. lockful
  8. lockfuls
  9. Lockhart
  10. Lockharts
  11. Lockheed liberal

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