Hi, I hope this isn't off-topic. I have a few files which I would like to share to some housemates, but I don't want these files to be opened by everyone at the same time. (limit stress on my PC etc)
So, what I would like to do is some sort of library checkout mechanism. I'm hoping to be able to write a script that will check how many instances of the file is already in use. My initial thinking is to use lsof. eg: lsof | grep -i exact_filename | wc -l and count the number of times it occurs, compare it to a database(?) (this is most likely to be just a txt file) and see if I will permit the connection. Is lsof a suitable/accurate tool? I mean, based on linux's architechture, one can still access/stop playing the file( but didn't close the orig app that played/used it) Comments please? (Preferably a command line app / solution) -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 1.5GB RAM 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 15:26:22 up 1:53, 5 users, load average: 0.78, 0.78, 0.65 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list