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Diffstat (limited to 'pym/portage/locks.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | pym/portage/locks.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pym/portage/locks.py b/pym/portage/locks.py index 05a65644..c256a5ad 100644 --- a/pym/portage/locks.py +++ b/pym/portage/locks.py @@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ def unlockdir(mylock): def lockfile(mypath, wantnewlockfile=0, unlinkfile=0, waiting_msg=None, flags=0): - """Creates all dirs upto, the given dir. Creates a lockfile - for the given directory as the file: directoryname+'.portage_lockfile'.""" + """ + If wantnewlockfile is True then this creates a lockfile in the parent + directory as the file: '.' + basename + '.portage_lockfile'. + """ import fcntl if not mypath: |