2013/2/22 Sergey Spiridonov <[email protected]> > Hi Dimitris > > > On 02/22/2013 06:11 PM, Dimitris Servis wrote: > >> When I wrote "waiting for a shared lock on a different handle" I meant >> another file handle to the same file but not the file handle that HDF5 >> uses to write. Unfortunately you cannot lock one handle and write with >> another from the same process, at least on Windows if I recall correctly. >> > > Got it, thanks! I will give it a try! Did you also ask HDF5 developers? > Why there is no better way to implement it? I did not find anything in > archive of hdf5 mail list. > > > AFAIK there is no interest in the matter unless someone is willing to pay for the feature. This is understandable if the paying customers do not need it. Let me put it another way: if I did not have requirements to make it possible to have the files at the disposal (and mercy) of users, I would have a process hiding HDF5 from processes and coordinating access.
HTH -- ds
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