Tom Wright wrote: > js wrote: >> How about using lock? >> Let writing process locks the files before writing, and unlock after >> the job's done. > > Is locking mandatory or co-operative? I don't have any control over the > process which is doing the writing, so if it's co-operative it's no good > to me. > > If it's mandatory, then I can try to acquire a lock on the file - if this > fails or blocks, then the other process must have it open. Will this > work?
AFAIK it's cooperative. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
