NSFileHandle fileHandleForUpdatingAtPath never returns

2008-05-29 Thread Denis Bohm
When another application has a device file open and I try to use NSFileHandle fileHandleForUpdatingAtPath to open the same device file, the call just seems to hang and never return. The API documentation doesn't say what should happen in this case. Does anyone know why it isn't

Re: NSFileHandle fileHandleForUpdatingAtPath never returns

2008-05-29 Thread Ken Thomases
On May 29, 2008, at 1:29 AM, Denis Bohm wrote: When another application has a device file open and I try to use NSFileHandle fileHandleForUpdatingAtPath to open the same device file, the call just seems to hang and never return. The API documentation doesn't say what should happen in this