BranoZ wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>For a reasonably portable solution, leave the lock file open. >>On most systems, you cannot delete an open file,.. > > On most UNIXes, you can delete an open file. > Even flock-ed. This is BTW also an hack around flock.
Yes, sorry; my bad. > Use file that is writeable by A and B in a directory that is > writeable only by root. Is that portable? What's the sequence the program should try? -- --Bryan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list