Locking a bash script against a parallel run

scriptLocked.sh

lockfile=/var/tmp/mylock

if ( set -o noclobber; echo "$$" > "$lockfile") 2> /dev/null; then

        trap 'rm -f "$lockfile"; exit $?' INT TERM EXIT

        # do stuff here

        # clean up after yourself, and release your trap
        rm -f "$lockfile"
        trap - INT TERM EXIT
else
        echo "Lock Exists: $lockfile owned by $(cat $lockfile)"
fi