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I'm trying to be safe and make sure only one python instance opens the
shelf. Any ideas?

Apr 29 '07 #1
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On Apr 29, 2:12 pm, castiro...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm trying to be safe and make sure only one python instance opens the
shelf. Any ideas?
Using Windows.

Apr 29 '07 #2
En Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:13:42 -0300, <ca********@gmail.comescribió:
On Apr 29, 2:12 pm, castiro...@gmail.com wrote:
>I'm trying to be safe and make sure only one python instance opens the
shelf. Any ideas?
Using Windows.
Use the locking function in the msvcrt module to lock/unlock the file.
Locking just the first byte is enough.

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