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Created September 28, 2015 15:13
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#!/bin/sh
LOCK=`mktemp -d /tmp/test.XXXXXX`
sleep5() {
rmdir $LOCK
mkdir $LOCK
sleep 5
rmdir $LOCK
}
sleep5 &
while [ -d $LOCK ] ; do
printf '.'
sleep 1
done
printf '\n'
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