Thread: check file opened or not?

Thanks Bubba,


What is your proposed solution if you do not propose to use ifstream below?

Originally Posted by Bubba

I don't think using ifstream is the right approach. Windows would be the only one who could really tell you if the file was opened by a process. Just because a file is opened in one process does not mean that it is in exclusive mode. This is actually relying on a side effect of what Windows may do to get ifstream to report the information you want. In essence you are using ifstream to report something that it is not responsible for.

Hi Mats,

Originally Posted by matsp

I take it you mean that filebuf::sh_none is not guaranteed to open the file in "exclusive mode" - which is what is required for this to work.

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Mats

I think it is guaranteed. Here is what MSDN said,

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...33(VS.60).aspx

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filebuf::sh_none Exclusive mode — no sharing.
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Any comments?


regards,
George