How to safely maintain a status file

[Prasad, Ramit]

> Well "neat tricks" aside, I am of the firm belief that deleting files should
> never be possible whilst they are open.

This is one of the few instances I think Windows does something better 
than OS X. Windows will check before you attempt to delete (i.e. move
to Recycling Bin) while OS X will move a file to Trash quite happily
only tell me it cannot remove the file when I try to empty the Trash.

Ramit


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