How to implement a file lock ??

[ionel]

is there a cross-platform library or module for file locking?
or at least a win32 implementation.

i'm trying to get a lock on some file in a cgi script. ( i got my data
erased a few times )

 

[Alan Kennedy]

[ionel]

is there a cross-platform library or module for file locking?
or at least a win32 implementation.

i'm trying to get a lock on some file in a cgi script. ( i got my data
erased a few times )

portalocker - Cross-platform (posix/nt) API for flock-style file locking.

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/65203

HTH,