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From: U0012@DGOGWDG5.BITNET ("GWDGV1::MOELLER")
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Subject: detecting "locked" files
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Date: 13 May 88 21:25:00 GMT
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> ... Chris Tenaglia <astroatc!tenaglia@SPEEDY.CS.WISC.EDU> asked ...
>Does anyone have a spiffy technique in DCL to check whether a file is
>locked by another user or not? ...

What I have done so far in order to detect files open for writing
(I think the question aims at that) is
        $ open/append/error=file_open  dummy <filespec>
        $ close dummy
        $file_not_open:
        ...
        $file_open:
I don't think this is a general solution, but for me it worked.

I'd love to have the information from $ SHOW DEVICE/FILES on open files
available in a form other than a listing file. Any ideas?

Wolfgang J. Moeller, GWDG, D-3400 Goettingen, F.R.Germany | Disclaimer ...
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