On 27 May 2005 15:22:17 -0700, Paul Rubin <"http://phr.cx"@nospam.invalid> wrote: >Jp Calderone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >Oh, ok. But what kind of locks does it use? >> >> It doesn't really matter, does it? > >Huh? Sure, if there's some simple way to accomplish the locking, the >OP's act can do the same thing without SQlite's complexity. > >> I'm sure the locking mechanisms it uses have changed between >> different releases, and may even be selected based on the platform >> being used. > >Well, yes, but WHAT ARE THEY??????
Beats me, and I'm certainly not going to dig through the code to find out :) For the OP's purposes, the mechanism I mentioned earlier in this thread is almost certainly adequate. To briefly re-summarize, when you want to acquire a lock, attempt to create a directory with a well-known name. When you are done with it, delete the directory. This works across all platforms and filesystems likely to be encountered by a Python program. Jp -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
