From: "ara.t.howard" <ara.t.howard@...>
Date: 2007-07-16T23:38:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Check Flock Status on File


On Jul 15, 2007, at 1:30 PM, Matt wrote:

> I have a daemon that is checking files as they are uploaded by FTP and
> processing them accordingly.
> I noticed that occasionally the files are truncated, and have put this
> down to the file currently being written by the FTP server as im
> reading it.
> I would like to check the lock status on the file, so I will only
> process the file if it is not write-locked.
> How can I check the lock status on a given filename?
>
>

fcntl/posix (see posixlock gem) locks export that information but  
flock, afaik, does not.  this seems workable though

http://drawohara.tumblr.com/post/5891548





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