From c5bdf67d6424f11e86f8f61e915dd6636688acf3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Gasch <scott@gasch.org>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 10:20:35 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Improve error message for logs.

---
 src/pyutils/files/lockfile.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/pyutils/files/lockfile.py b/src/pyutils/files/lockfile.py
index 68f957c..937c863 100644
--- a/src/pyutils/files/lockfile.py
+++ b/src/pyutils/files/lockfile.py
@@ -176,7 +176,8 @@ class LockFile(contextlib.AbstractContextManager):
     def __enter__(self):
         if self.acquire_with_retries():
             return self
-        msg = f"Couldn't acquire {self.lockfile}; giving up."
+        contents = self._get_lockfile_contents()
+        msg = f"Couldn't acquire {self.lockfile} after several attempts.  It's held by pid={contents.pid} ({contents.commandline}).  Giving up."
         logger.warning(msg)
         raise LockFileException(msg)
 
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2.45.2