[Python-Dev] Does Python need a file locking module (slightly higher level)?

[Benji York]

Barry Warsaw wrote:
> On Oct 22, 2007, at 8:15 AM, skip at pobox.com wrote:
> 
>> I'm always daunted by the prospect of trying to implement file  
>> locking.

> If you want something like this, you might start by looking at  
> Mailman's LockFile.py.

Also related is the very simple zc.lockfile: 
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zc.lockfile
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