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Re: Checking file modification dates in NSDocument



On 7/28/06, Sanford Selznick <email@hidden> wrote:

At 11:40 AM -0700 7/28/06, Jordan Krushen wrote:

>Then you're aware that all of the other work you're doing is
>ultimately for nothing, due to the inherent race condition between
>when you check for changes and when you commit the new file?

You are right, of course.  File Locking is the right solution.
Unfortunately it's a royal pain the butt.  And every app has to do it.

So what's the solution? Stop using NSDocument?

I haven't yet done this with Cocoa myself, but perhaps NSDistributedLock would be something to try:

<file:///Developer/ADC%20Reference%20Library/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/Classes/NSDistributedLock_Class/Reference/Reference.html>

J.
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