Hi,

I need to write a script which processes some files. Now the input files are created by another script in append mode. What I need is info as to how can I check whether the input files are still open or not.

Example:

my input files are in directory

/opt/test/data/

with extension as ".dat"

"script1.pl" is creating these files in append mode. i.e. if data is too large then FILE_HANDLE for those files are open in "script1.pl"

"script2.pl" needs these files as input but should not read it if read by another process.

My query is:- How can I check whether script1.pl is still creating those files? Is there a perl internal command or some modules to do that?

Thanks
AvantA

In reply to check which files are open to write/read by another process by avanta

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