Read Share

[Subsciber123]

In most programing languages, there is a way to read a file, but allow other programs to read or write to it at the same time. This is usually called something like ``ReadShare()'' or ``open("filename", "readshare").''

Does anybody know if there is something like this in Python? If so, what is it (how do you use it {the name, the module, etc})

[bartonc]

In most programing languages, there is a way to read a file, but allow other programs to read or write to it at the same time. This is usually called something like ``ReadShare()'' or ``open("filename", "readshare").''

Does anybody know if there is something like this in Python? If so, what is it (how do you use it {the name, the module, etc})

I beleive that wxPython has file objects that are aware of changes to file which it has open and can act accordingly. wxPython is a python wrapper for the GUI Toolkit called wxWidgets - cross platform, written in C++

[bartonc]

Also available is PythonWin which wraps most of the win32 API, so if it can be done with a windows file object, it can probably be done with these extensions.

[Subsciber123]

Thanks, I'll look into those.

[bartonc]

Thanks, I'll look into those.

It's nice to have you back among us.