In one of the PG filters there is a function called FN fileLocked 
or FN fileBusy which uses something like pbgetcatinfo to get the 
files attributes.

Check the PG filters, I know its in there.


W.

-----Original Message-----
From: jonnnathan@... [mailto:jonnnathan@...]
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 4:28 PM
To: futurebasic@...
Subject: Re: [FB] file permissions and network users



Le lundi 26 novembre 2001, à 10:22 , MoorePrint@... a écrit :

> If a file is open by one user with OPEN "I" then another user can open 
> it at
> the same time, but if the first user opens it with OPEN "R" then no 
> other
> user can open it.
>
> Is there a way to tell if the file is open by another user on the 
> network?
>
> I've tried FN isFileLocked and it doesn't report when the file is 
> opened, and
> FN isFileBusy says it is busy even when it is open with OPEN "I".

of course this sounds dumb... but have you tried opening it with OPEN 
"I"... if it works, then it's not busy, it it blocks... it is?

:-j


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