diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/TODO b/trunk/ripnews/TODO
index 7541e50..f5f09d2 100644
--- a/trunk/ripnews/TODO
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/TODO
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Dwarf: TODO,v 1.15 2003/04/28 14:36:19 ward Exp $
+# $Dwarf: TODO,v 1.16 2003/05/26 19:35:04 ward Exp $
 # $Source$
 
 [ ] check for multiple servers (ip adresses) for each name and pick
@@ -20,4 +20,3 @@
     exceptions. Use buffering for each body, before writing...
 [ ] more regression tests
 [ ] update documentation
-[ ] locking so you won't run 2 ripnews processes at the same time
diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb b/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
index bac1977..07814cb 100755
--- a/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/local/bin/ruby -w
 
-# $Dwarf: ripnews.rb,v 1.61 2003/05/24 18:33:46 ward Exp $
+# $Dwarf: ripnews.rb,v 1.62 2003/05/26 19:35:04 ward Exp $
 # $Source$
 
 require 'date'
@@ -240,14 +240,22 @@ def lock
 	group = @config.keys[0]
 	if @config[group].has_key?("LOCKFILE")
 		if FileTest.exists?(@config[group]["LOCKFILE"])
-			# Should also detect stale locks here
-			print "Already running, exiting...\n"
-			exit
-		else
-			lock = File.new(@config[group]["LOCKFILE"], "w")
-			lock.print "#{Process.pid}\n"
+			lock = File.open(@config[group]["LOCKFILE"],  "r")
+			line = lock.gets
 			lock.close
+			line.chomp!
+			psauxw = `ps -auxw`
+			if /^\S+\s+#{line}\s+/.match(psauxw)
+				print "Already running, exiting...\n"
+				exit
+			else
+				print "Stale lock found... removing...\n"
+				File.unlink(@config[group]["LOCKFILE"])
+			end
 		end
+		lock = File.new(@config[group]["LOCKFILE"], "w")
+		lock.print "#{Process.pid}\n"
+		lock.close
 	end
 end