how to detect if a file is complete

[Stefano Vedovelli]

Hello

in my opinion is more simple. Just try to obtain a lock to the file. Under Unix you can use the fcntl module, under Windows the win32file extension. If the file is in use by another process, the lock will just fail. You catch the exception, wait for a while, and give it another try, maybe with a thread.

Hope this helps
Stefano