On 2/22/06, Pat Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am trying to find on the web how to lock a file with python in Linux.
> I am trying to process a group of files that are continually being
> written to and when I am working on one file I would like to be able to
> lock it. Can anyone point me in the right direction for that.
Hi Pat,
Take a look at the 'portalocker' recipe in the Python Cookbook:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/65203
Does this address your question?
Good luck to you!
I had actually looked at that site, but when I do the commands
testfile = open('testlock', 'a+')
fcntl.flock(mboxfile.fileno(), fcntl.LOCK_EX)
in the interpreter and then try to access the file in another terminal (I leave the interpreter open) I can write to the file just fine with vi. So I am not thinking it is working. Unless I am missing something...
Thanks again.
Pat Martin
Ooops the commands I am running are actually
mboxfile = open('testlock', 'a+')
fcntl.flock(mboxfile.fileno(), fcntl.LOCK_EX)
and it is not working. The two filenames do match, sorry for that typo earlier.
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Pat Martin
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