On 29/09/06, Fredrik Lundh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tim Williams wrote: > > > So that I know my mistake, which bit fails (the text from > > sys.exc_info()[1]?? ) , or is it all complete rubbish - and not > > do-able - on a *nix system ? > > opening a file for writing doesn't lock it on Unix. if you want > locking, you need other mechanisms, and I'm not sure any of them > work properly on all configurations, under all circumstances. > > (there's a reason why people are still using "1970s technology" > to do locking on Unix...)
Thanks for that Fredrik . -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
