On 2021-04-19 08:04:10 +1200, dn via Python-list wrote: > In a similar situation, one of my teams used an (OpSys) environment > variable (available in both *nux and MS-Win). > - when the application starts, it checks for the variable > - if exists, stops running, else may proceed
That doesn't work on Unix-like OSs. An environment variable can only be
passwd to child processes, not to the parent or unrelated processes. So
it can't be used to lock out other processes - they wouldn't ever see
the variable.
hp
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