On Sep 12, 7:08 am, Strato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I want to write some kind of test to check at startup if another > instance of my script is already running. > > I don't want to handle writing of a PID file because it is too > Unix/Linux specific way to do this, and I need to keep the code to be > cross-platform. > > I think the better way to achieve this is to use some process control, > but I'm a neebie and I don't see how to do this in a safe and clean way. > > Any idea ? > > Best regards, > Strato
You could use msvcrt.locking, and just lock the script file. I am not sure about this. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
