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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/lockf/lockf.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/lockf/lockf.1 | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/lockf/lockf.1 b/usr.bin/lockf/lockf.1 index 9d06758..1b9b6ea 100644 --- a/usr.bin/lockf/lockf.1 +++ b/usr.bin/lockf/lockf.1 @@ -74,14 +74,16 @@ Causes to operate silently. Failure to acquire the lock is indicated only in the exit status. .It Fl t Ar seconds -Specifies a timeout for waiting for the lock. By default, +Specifies a timeout for waiting for the lock. +By default, .Nm waits indefinitely to acquire the lock. If a timeout is specified with this option, .Nm will wait at most the given number of .Ar seconds -before giving up. A timeout of 0 may be given, in which case +before giving up. +A timeout of 0 may be given, in which case .Nm will fail unless it can acquire the lock immediately. .El |
