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Re: Detect file is locked - windows

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On 14/11/2012 00:33, Ali Akhavan wrote:
> I am trying to open a file in 'w' mode open('file', 'wb'). open()
> will throw with IOError with errno 13 if the file is locked by
> another application or if user does not have permission to open/write
> to the file.

What version of Python are you using?

> 
> How can I distinguish these two cases ? Namely, if some application
> has the file open or not.

Can I ask what you expect to do differently in each of those cases? In
other words, if you can't access the file, you can't access it. (Not to
dismiss your question; I just wonder how you're going to handle the
different cases)

TJG

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Detect file is locked - windows Ali Akhavan <a.akhavan.b@gmail.com> - 2012-11-13 16:33 -0800
  Re: Detect file is locked - windows Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-11-14 01:14 +0000
    Re: Detect file is locked - windows Hans Mulder <hansmu@xs4all.nl> - 2012-11-14 09:55 +0100
      Re: Detect file is locked - windows Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2012-11-14 09:06 +0000
  Re: Detect file is locked - windows Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2012-11-14 10:02 +0000
    Re: Detect file is locked - windows Hans Mulder <hansmu@xs4all.nl> - 2012-11-14 12:51 +0100
      Re: Detect file is locked - windows Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2012-11-14 12:09 +0000
    Re: Detect file is locked - windows aahz@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) - 2012-11-15 08:01 -0800
  Re: Detect file is locked - windows Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2012-11-14 11:50 +0000

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