From: barjunk Date: 2007-07-17T06:39:59+09:00 Subject: Re: Check Flock Status on File On Jul 16, 1:17 pm, "ara.t.howard" wrote: > On Jul 16, 2007, at 1:25 PM, barjunk wrote: > > > So the code above modifies the File class so that an instance will > > include a flocked? method, right? > > indeed. > > > > > Is it a good assumption that something like this would eventually make > > it into File? > > hmmm. i wouldn't hold my breath - but you could put in an rcr ;-) > OK. I'll keep it lying about then, cause it seems very usefull. One last thing. So I assume then, that multiple process as well as multiple threads will maintain the lock properly. Mike B.