Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!apple!maui!tait
From: tait@maui.UUCP (Tait Kirkham)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: HELP!!!--UNIX file locking.
Message-ID: <18885@maui.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jul 89 23:32:28 GMT
Reply-To: tait@Maui.UUCP (Tait Kirkham)
Distribution: comp.std.unix comp.unix.questions comp.unix.wizards
Organization: Versatec, Santa Clara, Ca.
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I have a problem which I cannot solve.  I am trying to determine when/if
a file is opened by another process.  I have no control over the other
process so I can't use "lockf".  I cannot find any way to do this
other than getting the inode number and then looking for that number
in a "pstat -i" listing.  My problem with this (besides the obvious) 
is that it won't work over NFS.  Does anyone have any suggestions?
I really need a solution which is system independant.  Is this possible? 
I am currently using Sun 4.0.1 and Xenix.

Any suggestions would be greatly appriciated.

Thanks,

Tait Kirkham

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{pyramid,sun,ames}!versatc!tait     Tait Kirkham
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