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how to check if file is in use?

Hi all,

can anybody give me (a python newbie) give a hint how to check in python
wether a file is in use by another program?

Thanks for your effort,
Stefan

Oct 10 '05 #1
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On Oct 10, Stefan Siegel wrote:
can anybody give me (a python newbie) give a hint how to check in
python wether a file is in use by another program?


This was previously discussed on c.l.py. In short, "you can't". A
detailed answer is in this thread:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ay/165908.html

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Micah Elliott
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Oct 10 '05 #2

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