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November 1998, Week 3

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Re: finfo
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Tim Ericson <[log in to unmask]>
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Tim Ericson <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 17 Nov 1998 14:11:56 -0800
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John W Pickering wrote:
>
> Is there an finfo option to detect if a file is open?
>
> Seems like finfo("filename","open") is more elegant than attempting to
> purge or rename it and then checking jcw's or the file's continued
> existence.

FINFO("filename","ACCESSORS") will tell you how many are accessing
the file, just as LISTFILE filename,8 will.  "ACCESSORS" is FINFO
option 61.

This came on PowerPatch 4, I think...

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