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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Simple script wrapper to force another script to run as a singleton:
+# prevents multiple instances of it (the same command name; naive)
+# from running.
+
+LOCKFILE="/tmp/singleton-$1"
+LOCKFD=9
+
+lock()      { flock -$1 $LOCKFD; }
+stop_lock() { lock u; lock xn && rm -f $LOCKFILE; }
+prep_lock() { eval "exec $LOCKFD>\"$LOCKFILE\""; trap stop_lock EXIT; }
+
+prep_lock
+lock xn || exit 1
+
+exec $@