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 12:03:23 -0700
On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Conrad Shultz
<email@hidden> wrote:
> Are you certain that is a general behavior?
1. Open TextEdit.
2. Type some stuff.
3. Save As > /tmp/somefile.rtf
4. `lsof |grep somefile` prints nothing.
> For example, I have Preview open right now, and it very much lists all
> its open files:
Preview probably mmaps the file contents. And that could even be done
by PDFKit or NSImage, not explicitly by the application.
> But it does seem from the above that this can be handled in an
> implementation-specific manner, no? (Please forgive my ignorance, I
> develop mostly with iOS.)
I don't think a general solution exists for Brad's problem.
--Kyle Sluder
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