On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 10:15:58PM +0100, Mark Fowler wrote: >I had a better thought after my last post. Have one process create >files and, when it's done with each file, atomically move them into a >known directory for the second process to, um, process and delete then >when done.
Threads may well be a better option for this particular role, but this is the #2 choice. Thanks to all who've answered. R