file locking

[Steve Purcell]

deadmeat wrote:
> How do I lock a file on opening it?  the bultin open() only allows me to set
> the read/write mode, not any deny modes.

On Unix, look at the 'flock' function in the module 'fcntl'.

You can also try the 'posixfile' module -- posixfile objects support locking.

-Steve

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