Is there a standard way to determine if any given file is opened for
reading or writing (or both)? I would like to ftp a file after I
determine that the file is no longer being written to by a daemon
process I have no control over. Is that possible? Thank you.

jhestess@yahoo.com

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John Estess wrote:
> Is there a standard way to determine if any given file is opened for
> reading or writing (or both)? I would like to ftp a file after I
> determine that the file is no longer being written to by a daemon
> process I have no control over. Is that possible? Thank you.
>
> jhestess@yahoo.com

If you're writing a script, you might look at the fuser command.

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Fletcher Glenn

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John Estess <jestess@elp.rr.com> wrote:
# Is there a standard way to determine if any given file is opened for
# reading or writing (or both)? I would like to ftp a file after I
# determine that the file is no longer being written to by a daemon
# process I have no control over. Is that possible? Thank you.

A portable way is to stat the file periodically and wait until
the mtime, size, and dev:ino do not change for some interval.

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SM Ryan http://www.rawbw.com/~wyrmwif/
So....that would make Bethany part black?

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Fletcher Glenn <fletcher@removethisfoglight.com> writes:

> John Estess wrote: 
>
> If you're writing a script, you might look at the fuser command.

Anything can happen between the time you check it and the time you
start doing things based on the check.

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Måns Rullgård
mru@inprovide.com

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