if [ "x$MDS_LOGS" = "x" ]; then
    MDS_LOGS="/var/log/mdsplus";
fi
if [ -d $MDS_LOGS -a -w $MDS_LOGS ]; then 
  FILE=`basename $1 ".sh"`
  LOCKFILE="$MDS_LOGS/$FILE.$2.log.lock"
  lockfile -1 $LOCKFILE
  rm -f $LOCKFILE
else
  echo "Directory MDS_LOGS ($MDS_LOGS) must exist and be writeable"
fi
