how to check if file is in use?

[Micah Elliott]

On Oct 10, Stefan Siegel wrote:
> can anybody give me (a python newbie) give a hint how to check in
> python wether a file is in use by another program?

This was previously discussed on c.l.py.  In short, "you can't".  A
detailed answer is in this thread:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2003-May/165908.html

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Micah Elliott
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