The A is you need to determine by experiment, or ask Apple. What you're seeing is not a bug. Any other process can access a file at any time, and your code must handle the possibility.
Charles Yeomans On May 3, 2007, at 11:43 AM, Sven E Olsson wrote: > Hi and thanks for your response, > > The Q is how long time do I need to wait? For how long time is the > file in use of Spotlight? I just tested to use a loop with 100 000 > irritations, and it take less than a second.. (tested on a locked > file) So here is not the lock of UI critical yet.. > > I think I give this "fix" a try in the reality, and then count my bug > reports.. > > Regards, > Sven E > > > > > > > On 2007-05-03, at 17:25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> On May 03, 2007, at 14:32 UTC, Sven E Olsson wrote: >> >>> No ideas about this? >>> This problems, generate "bug reports" nearly every day now.. >> >> If you need to wait for a file to be not busy, and you don't want to >> tie up your UI, then you need to use something other than a blocking >> loop. I.e., use a Thread or Timer. >> >> Best, >> - Joe _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
