On Monday 02 Aug 2004 5:31 pm, Kapil Sethi wrote: > Hi > > --- Vikram Ranade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > Just wondering how it is possible to make sure that > > only one instance > > of a program runs per user under linux. > > Using lock files could be a workable solution. >
If you are coding the app, yes. But I think the OP is asking from an user point of view. If the app doesnt check if other instances of it are running, and if running multiple instances of the program is not a good idea(e.g. multiple editors should be able to run, but not multiple email clients which share the same account info) .. then it is a badly designed app, and there is not much you can do about it. I will be surprised if evolution doesnt check for multiple instances - Mozilla Thunderbird and KMail does. Maybe it would make more sense to shift to one of these? ;) - Sandip -- Sandip Bhattacharya sandip (at) puroga.com Puroga Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Work: http://www.puroga.com Home: http://www.sandipb.net GPG: 51A4 6C57 4BC6 8C82 6A65 AE78 B1A1 2280 A129 0FF3 Learnt something new today? Contribute to the ILUGD Knowledge base at http://www.lug-delhi.org! Help others gain from your knowledge! _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
