Re: Is a network file in use?
Re: Is a network file in use?
- Subject: Re: Is a network file in use?
- From: Rob Jorgensen <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 06:16:06 -0500
At 8:14 PM -0500 3/24/04, Mark Douma wrote:
On Mar 23, 2004, at 1:18 PM, Jones, Robert wrote:
I've done some reading through the archives but can't find a reference to my
specific issue:
Multiple users on multiple Macs (OS X 10.2.8 at the moment, but moving to
Panther soon) opening and closing files on a network volume. Files will also
be written to (and read from) via AppleScript, but obviously can't be
written to if someone already has the file open (locally or over the
network... server is also OS X). How can I trap whether the file is in use,
or busy, or locked by someone?
The 'info for' command of the Standard Additions scripting addition
has a "busy status" property.
For example, if I run the following script in Script Editor, I'll
get the corresponding result:
set my_file_ to alias "mdouma46:Desktop:46.jpg"
set my_file_info_ to info for my_file_
set busy_status_ to busy status of my_file_info_
Result: false
Based on my tests in Jaguar, the result, in most cases, will be false
no matter what the actual status of the file might be. I will
continue to consider busy status useless until all applications are
required to set the flag or until the OS or Finder does it for them.
My opinion: "busy status" should be removed from the results of the
"info for" command until it returns accurate, reliable information.
-- Rob
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