<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>svn lock</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles.css" /> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.1" /> <style type="text/css"> body { background-image: url('images/draft.png'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: top left; /* The following properties make the watermark "fixed" on the page. */ /* I think that's just a bit too distracting for the reader... */ /* background-attachment: fixed; */ /* background-position: center center; */ }</style> <link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Version Control with Subversion [DRAFT]" /> <link rel="up" href="svn.ref.svn.html" title="svn Reference—Subversion Command-Line Client" /> <link rel="prev" href="svn.ref.svn.c.list.html" title="svn list (ls)" /> <link rel="next" href="svn.ref.svn.c.log.html" title="svn log" /> </head> <body> <div xmlns="" id="vcws-version-notice"> <p>This text is a work in progress—highly subject to change—and may not accurately describe any released version of the Apache™ Subversion® software. 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If any <em class="replaceable"><code>TARGET</code></em> is already locked by another user, print a warning and continue locking the rest of the <em class="replaceable"><code>TARGET</code></em>s. Use <code class="option">--force</code> to steal a lock from another user or working copy.</p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm11892"></a> <h2>Options</h2> <div class="informalexample"> <pre class="screen"> <a class="xref" href="svn.ref.svn.html#svn.ref.svn.sw.encoding"><code class="option">--encoding</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>ENC</code></em></a> <a class="xref" href="svn.ref.svn.html#svn.ref.svn.sw.file"><code class="option">--file</code> (<code class="option">-F</code>) <em class="replaceable"><code>FILENAME</code></em></a> <a class="xref" href="svn.ref.svn.html#svn.ref.svn.sw.force"><code class="option">--force</code></a> <a class="xref" href="svn.ref.svn.html#svn.ref.svn.sw.force_log"><code class="option">--force-log</code></a> <a class="xref" href="svn.ref.svn.html#svn.ref.svn.sw.message"><code class="option">--message</code> (<code class="option">-m</code>) <em class="replaceable"><code>MESSAGE</code></em></a> <a class="xref" href="svn.ref.svn.html#svn.ref.svn.sw.targets"><code class="option">--targets</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>FILENAME</code></em></a> </pre> </div> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a id="idm11902"></a> <h2>Examples</h2> <p>Lock two files in your working copy:</p> <div class="informalexample"> <pre class="screen"> $ svn lock tree.jpg house.jpg 'tree.jpg' locked by user 'harry'. 'house.jpg' locked by user 'harry'. </pre> </div> <p>Lock a file in your working copy that is currently locked by another user:</p> <div class="informalexample"> <pre class="screen"> $ svn lock tree.jpg svn: warning: W160035: Path '/tree.jpg is already locked by user 'sally' in fi lesystem '/var/svn/repos/db' $ svn lock --force tree.jpg 'tree.jpg' locked by user 'harry'. </pre> </div> <p>Lock a file without a working copy:</p> <div class="informalexample"> <pre class="screen"> $ svn lock http://svn.red-bean.com/repos/test/tree.jpg 'tree.jpg' locked by user 'harry'. </pre> </div> <p>For further details, see <a class="xref" href="svn.advanced.locking.html" title="Locking">the section called “Locking”</a>.</p> </div> </div> <div class="navfooter"> <hr /> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="svn.ref.svn.c.list.html">Prev</a> </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="u" href="svn.ref.svn.html">Up</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="svn.ref.svn.c.log.html">Next</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">svn list (ls) </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> svn log</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div xmlns="" id="vcws-footer"> <hr /> <img src="images/cc-by.png" style="float: right;" /> <p>You are reading <em>Version Control with Subversion</em> (for Subversion 1.8), by Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian W. 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