[plt-scheme] file lock

Hello Chris Warrington,
Thanks I'll look into that. I agree, it is off scheme.
Jos Koot
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Chris Warrington 
  To: jos koot 
  Cc: David Gurvich ; plt-scheme at list.cs.brown.edu 
  Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 8:40 PM
  Subject: Re: [plt-scheme] file lock

  jos koot @ 2006-12-19 1:24:06 PM
  "[plt-scheme] file lock" <mid:002701c723a3$405fa580$2101a8c0 at joskoot>

  > MsWord realy locks its open files from being write-accessed by other
  > applications. This would be rather convenient. But I cannot figure
  > out how MsWord does this locking.

  Going a little non-PLT-Scheme here...

  I'd take a look at the LockFile, UnlockFile, and CreateFile WIN32 API
  calls. You should be able to use them with foreign.ss. You may need to
  create a new port type to do this locking nicely.

  -- 
  Chris Warrington <chrisw at rice.edu>


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