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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	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.