On Wed, 10 Jul 2013 22:57:09 -0600, Jason Friedman wrote: > Other than using a database, what are my options for allowing two processes > to edit the same file at the same time? When I say same time, I can accept > delays.
What do you mean by "edit"? Overwriting bytes and appending bytes are simple enough, but inserting or deleting bytes such that subsequent bytes change their offsets is harder. > I considered lock files, Well, you shouldn't have, unless you're targeting a platform which doesn't support file locks (are there any left?). > but I cannot conceive of how I avoid race conditions. By using locks. E.g. fcntl.lockf() or msvcrt.locking(). -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
