Preface the update with a rename. If the rename fails, someone else is updating the file, if it succeeds update the file and rename back when finished.
Suggestion: ftp is not the best way to handle such a task. Use a database, XMLRPC or sockets is probably a better way. -Larry Bates [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi all > > am updating the same file in ftp, through multiple clients, but am > scared that two clients may open the same file at a time, and try > updating, then the data updated by one data will be lost. > So i have to provide some lock mechanism to that file in ftp, so how > can i lock it, if one client opens it for updating, so that till it > gets relased it cannot be updated by other clients. > Could u please suggest me the simple solutions through the python code. > > thanks for the help > Yogi > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
