create_lock_or_wait () {
  path="$1"
  wait_time="${2:-10}
  while true; do
        if mkdir "${path}.lock.d"; then
           break;
        fi
        sleep $wait_time
  done
}

remove_lock () {
  path="$1"
  rmdir "${path}.lock.d"
}

#!/bin/bash

# Makes sure we exit if flock fails.
set -e

(
  # Wait for lock on /var/lock/.myscript.exclusivelock (fd 200) for 10 seconds
  flock -x -w 10 200

  # Do stuff

) 200>/var/lock/.myscript.exclusivelock

#!/bin/sh
LOCKFILE=$HOME/.myscript/lock
mkdir -p `dirname $LOCKFILE`

echo Waiting for lock $LOCKFILE...
if lockfile -1 -r15 $LOCKFILE
then
    # Do protected stuff here
    echo Doing protected stuff...

    # Then, afterward, clean up so another instance of this script can run
    rm -f $LOCKFILE
else
    echo "Failed to acquire lock!  lockfile(1) returned $?"
    exit 1
fi

lockfile ~/.config/mylockfile.lock
.....
rm -f important.lock

flom -- command_to_serialize