Re: Resend: How to know if a file is opened?

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From: Boyd Roberts
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 13:54

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In article <1992Oct28.121315*Harald.Eikrem@delab.sintef.no>, Harald.Eikrem@delab.sintef.no writes:
> ! > Is it possible with a simple shell (any shell) command to know if a
> ! > specific file is actually opened by another process?
> ! 
> ! No.
> 
> It sure is, provided that you're on certain systems.  The following were
> snipped from the announcement of "ofiles2":
> 

I'm pleased to see that you consider this to be a:

   ``simple shell (any shell) command''

Since when has ofiles (and others) been simple or clean?


Boyd Roberts			boyd@prl.dec.com

``When the going gets wierd, the weird turn pro...''

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