in reply to File Test
Under UN*X? No. The big function would be making queries to either the FS or the kernel, depending on the OS.
Under MacOS? No problem. See Mac::MoreFiles. A function already exists to do that. (MacOS supports mandatoy file locking.)
Under AFS (AtheOS)? Node watching is supported and encouraged (cool stuff).
Under NFS? Too much chance for race conditions- no way.
Under VMS? I don't know.
Under Win32? I don't care.
If you come a across a situation where you need to know if a file is currently being used without some form of IPC, you're in bad shape- this is indicative of a poor design.
AgentM Systems nor Nasca Enterprises nor Bone::Easy nor Macperl is responsible for the comments made by AgentM. Remember, you can build any logical system with NOR.
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Re: Re: File Test
by Anonymous Monk on Apr 05, 2001 at 22:58 UTC | |
by extremely (Priest) on Apr 06, 2001 at 00:12 UTC |
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