File locking

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

In <1173722982.696539.24360 at 64g2000cwx.googlegroups.com>, Dr. Who wrote:

> Please let me know if I'm missing something since they seem like
> normal file operations that I would hope Python would abstract away.

I don't think of them as "normal" operations.  They are "extra" stuff that
is not only dependent on the operating system but also on the file system
in use.

Ciao,
	Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch