Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I looked at the temporary files idea, but I'm not certain about the exact > details. Normally your create a file and then remove it whilst keeping the > file > handle; that allows your program to write to it whilst guaranteeing that it > will > vanish when you die, but this has to be a named file so that the second > instance > can check for it. Doesn't that prevent it from being already > removed?
No > My unix experience is long, but fairly primitive. Locking with files alone is racy.. You need flock under unix (this recipe shows windows flock equivalent also) http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/65203 or use the directory idea I posted in another post. -- Nick Craig-Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://www.craig-wood.com/nick -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
