From 2da8ed681614289264c6069c03921b418b77b0ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Schmidt <alex@treefish.org>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2023 23:11:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Do not lock exclusively when listing backups

---
 backmeupscotty | 18 +++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backmeupscotty b/backmeupscotty
index 579b63a..65e4d53 100644
--- a/backmeupscotty
+++ b/backmeupscotty
@@ -190,6 +190,15 @@ Recognized options:
 EOF
 }
 
+function exclusiveLock {
+    if ! mkdir /var/lock/$(basename $0); then
+	scottyerror "Another instance of $(basename $0) is still running!"
+	exit 1
+    else
+	trap deleteLock EXIT
+    fi
+}
+
 function backmeupscotty {
     while getopts "qn:flh" opt; do
         case $opt in
@@ -221,6 +230,8 @@ function backmeupscotty {
 	exit 0
     fi
 
+    exclusiveLock
+
     if [ $BACKUP_FORCE -eq 1 ]; then
         scottyinfo "Backup was enforced."
     elif latestTooOld; then
@@ -243,10 +254,3 @@ function backmeupscotty {
 
     exit 0
 }
-
-if ! mkdir /var/lock/$(basename $0); then
-    scottyerror "Another instance of $(basename $0) is still running!"
-    exit 1
-else
-    trap deleteLock EXIT
-fi
-- 
2.39.5