Re: [MacPerl] nonblocking

[bart.lateur@skynet.be (Bart Lateur)]

On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 09:25:54 -0500, Chris Nandor wrote:

>I don't have time to look it up today and play with it, maybe someone
>knows.  Is there a way to make filehandles not block in MacPerl?

AFAIK on a Mac only one program at a time can open a file with write
permission. The Finder does the file locking automatic for you. You need
to close the file to release it.

But several programs may open a file at the same time if none has write
permission (= read only).

	Bart.

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