Re: Is a file open in another application?
Re: Is a file open in another application?
- Subject: Re: Is a file open in another application?
- From: Kyle Sluder <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 11:10:48 -0700
On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Conrad Shultz
<email@hidden> wrote:
> Note that this will only capture files that are properly opened (i.e.
> fopen()'d), so you won't catch every apparently open file. For example,
> if you open a file in vi(m), it creates a hidden scratch file in the
> same directory and closes the original file. You then edit the scratch
> file, which is only written out to the original file on save. In this
> way, the original file is protected from damage due to a crash, but lsof
> will almost never show it as being open.
This is also how Cocoa apps work. They only keep the file open to read
its contents.
I'm afraid that what Brad wants to do is not possible yet.
--Kyle Sluder
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