Files question

[Dinu C. Gherman]

sergio wrote:
> 
>     I'm working in winNT Server 4.0.
>     How can i know if a file is open by other apllication, in order to
> wait till the file is free

Have you tried just reading a few bytes and catch the
IOError if there is any (supposed you know the file 
does exist)? Just an (untested) idea...

Dinu

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