On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 00:29:06 +0200, Wolfgang Draxinger wrote: > Steven D'Aprano wrote: > >> Open "the" file? There are potentially two files -- the source >> and destination. I only want to do the rename if the >> destination *doesn't* exist, so there is no destination file to >> open. How will it help me to lock the source file? Have I >> misunderstood? > > I forgot to say, to open the source file with O_CREAT | O_EXCL. > The open will fail if the file already exists.
But the source file always exists, otherwise there is nothing to rename! Do you mean, open the destination filename? -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
