Hello Experts,
In action 1 : I zip a file toto in toto.zip
In action 2: I unzip a file toto.zip in test
Before doing the action 2, I would to check if the file toto.zip is not in use.
Thank you
The easiest way to do this is to try and rename the file. If the rename action works, then the file is not locked.
Another way is try and FOPEN() or MOPEN() the file.
@ChrisNZ wrote:
The easiest way to do this is to try and rename the file. If the rename action works, then the file is not locked.
Another way is try and FOPEN() or MOPEN() the file.
Won't work on UNIX. Since in UNIX, file metadata (location on disk, permissions, timestamps) is stored in the inode, and the filename(s) in the directories, a rename can be done while a file is in use. One can even remove (unlink) a file that is in use, something I use to avoid "file is locked by another user" issues.
In UNIX, one should use the fuser commandline tool to determine if processes have a file handle on the file (inode) in question.
The functions will work on UNIX, but you would need to specify at least APPEND mode for FOPEN/MOPEN to force an error if the file is opened by another process.
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