echo "Build started" > "$lockFifo" mkdir $out echo $(cat $input1/foo)$(cat $input2/bar) > $out/foobar # Wait for someone to write on the fifo cat "$lockFifo" # $out should not have been GC'ed while we were sleeping, but just in # case... mkdir -p $out # Check that the GC hasn't deleted the lock on our output. test -e "$out.lock" ln -s $input2 $out/input-2