Hi all,
I was wondering if it would be possible to launch an application, block
until the app exits, and do some cleanup afterwards.
Maybe an example will be clearer: I would like to make a temperary (text)
file, open it with MS Word for the user to edit/layout/print, and then
delete the temp
Guy Lateur wrote:
> I was wondering if it would be possible to launch an application, block
> until the app exits, and do some cleanup afterwards.
> Maybe an example will be clearer: I would like to make a temperary (text)
> file, open it with MS Word for the user to edit/layout/print, and then
>From: Paul McNett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: python-list@python.org
>Subject: Re: Start application & continue after app exits
>Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 09:07:47 -0700
>
>Guy Lateur wrote:
> > I was wondering if it would be possible to launch an application, block
&g
>>Also note that this method of creating tempfiles is technically unsafe,
>>as it is theoretically possible that another process would create a file
>>of the same name in the same directory and then try to use it, resulting
>>in a race condition between the two processes. This is practically
>>unli
"guy lateur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>>Also note that this method of creating tempfiles is technically unsafe,
>>>as it is theoretically possible that another process would create a file
>>>of the same name in the same directory and then try to use it, resulting
>>>in a race condition between
Mike Meyer wrote:
> "guy lateur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
Also note that this method of creating tempfiles is technically unsafe,
as it is theoretically possible that another process would create a file
of the same name in the same directory and then try to use it, resulting
>>
guy lateur ha scritto:
> I see what you mean, but wouldn't a call to open(fn, 'w') on a filename
> that's in use (for reading or writing) result in an error condition or
> something? I'm a noob, btw.
Uh... no, not on linux.
Try this:
$ touch foo.txt
$ gedit foo.txt & (write something in it an
This may be getting somewhat OT, but I'd like to dig a little deeper into
this.
First of all, security (as in some other proces reading/disclosing the data)
is not an issue in this case. The thing is, though, a user could run the
script twice, not having closed Word after the first time. So I g
"Guy Lateur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> To be honest, I don't really understand what it means to have the same
> file open for writing by several processes. You don't want to modify data
> which is already being modified by someone else, do you? I mean, how do
"Guy Lateur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> To be honest, I don't really understand what it means to have the same file
> open for writing by several processes. You don't want to modify data which
> is already being modified by someone else, do you? I mean, how do you
> determine what changes to
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