Re: file locking before move?

[Ramprasad A Padmanabhan]

All locking modules use advisory locking hence it is not possible to ensure that the file is not being touched unless you build the intelligence into all possible scripts


Rory O'Connor wrote:

I am using File::Copy to move a file from one directory to another. However, I do not want to move the file if it is being written to (by another program).
Do i need to lock the file before moving it or does File::Copy by nature wait until a file is not being written to before moving?
I looked into flock, but I am not sure that isn't just for opening and writing to files.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!

Rory

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