[Tutor] locking files

[Jeff Peery]

does anyone know if there is a way in python to lock a file so others cannot open it, or can only read it? I have a program that read/writes to a file and I would like to lock others out of it while I'm operating on it. 
   
  thanks.
   
  Jeff

 
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