On Mon, Nov 23, 2009, Aahz wrote: > > I'm having some problems with Tim Golden's file_handles.py [*] (details > below), and it occurs to me that perhaps I should start over and express > my requirement more broadly and see if someone has a more "Windows > appropriate" solution: all I really care about is, given a specific > filepath, whether any other program is currently using the file. > > This would work: > > h = win32file.CreateFile(fname, win32file.GENERIC_READ, 0, None, > win32file.OPEN_EXISTING, win32file.FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING, None) > > but I would prefer not to create an exclusive lock, even temporarily. > Suggestions?
Okay, because of the following page (plus supporting material found elsewhere), it seems clear that in order to find open files, you need a device driver to access kernel structures, so I just switched to using CreateFile() and so far that seems to be working. http://www.codeproject.com/KB/shell/OpenedFileFinder.aspx -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ The best way to get information on Usenet is not to ask a question, but to post the wrong information. _______________________________________________ python-win32 mailing list python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
