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If you have MPEX (and if not, why not? it's not expensive; it's very,
very, versatile), you can use the OPENED file attribute on a LISTF and
then check the variable MPEXNUMSUCCEEDED.

Leonard Berkowitz
RIA Group (Warren, Gorham & Lamont)
(617) 292-8349 (E. S. T.)



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Subject: FINFO - How can I determine if a file is in use?
Author:  Rodney Behrendorff <[log in to unmask]> at Internet-Exchange
Date:    11/07/96 2:14 PM


Does anyone know of a simple way to detect if a particular file is in use
(MPE/iX 5.00 on HP3000)?  I want a job (or command for that matter) to
bypass certain steps if a file is being accessed, but FINFO doesn't seem
to provide this information.  "LISTF ,3" shows what I want to know under
"FLAGS:", and even "LISTF ,2" has an asterisk after the filename that
tells me enough information.

I could write my own command or code that would redirect the output of a
"LISTF ,2" to a file, and then scan that file for the relevant asterisk.
 But I am hoping that I have missed a much more straigtforward way of
doing this.

Many thanks,
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