flock: bad number: myfile.lock

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I try to put a lock on a file like this: The result is: Doesn't matter whether file exist or not, or whether I'm root. I even tried chmod a+rwx myfile. Still get the same error. I tried the same not on my machine but on Debian and I get the same error...

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flock -e myfile.lock

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flock: bad number: myfile.lock

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