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Date: | Sat, 21 Apr 2001 20:02:09 +0300 |
From: | "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> |
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To: | Radical NetSurfer <radsmail AT juno DOT com> |
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Radical NetSurfer on Sat, 21 Apr 2001 00:44:50 -0400) | |
Subject: | Re: Detecting File in Use? |
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> From: Radical NetSurfer <radsmail AT juno DOT com> > Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp > Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 00:44:50 -0400 > > How does one know if a file is ALREADY in USE by > some application BEFORE any actual attempt to open > or access that file? Why do you need that? Could you please explain the problem in more detail? Trying to open a file, detecting the failure to open, and looking at the value of `errno' to see what was the reason for the failure is the normal procedure, but you seem to imply that it somehow doesn't work for you.
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