[Info-vax] Ken Coar's OpenVMS Lock utility sources are available on Sourceforge.

[Dave Froble]

On 11/6/2020 5:21 AM, Jon Pinkley wrote:
> On Friday, November 6, 2020 at 12:34:30 AM UTC-5, Dave Froble wrote:
>> On 11/6/2020 12:32 AM, Jon Pinkley wrote:
>>> On Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 3:03:03 AM UTC-5, Jon Pinkley wrote:
>>>> In 1998, Ken Coar submitted the LOCK utility to the DECUS VAXSIG tape.
>>>
>>> That was a typo.  It was on the VAX86C and VAX87A tapes.  1998 is when I built the version I am running now.
>>>
>>
>> What does this utility do?
>
> The LOCK utility is nothing more than a DCL interface to the distributed lock manager system services SYS$ENQ and SYS$DEQ.

Thanks, that is what I was looking for.

I'm rather familiar with the DLM, using it from within programs.  Never 
thought of using it from DCL.

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