Output Processing Running

[Robert Haussmann]

> You could use the file I/O functions to open the lockfile of 
> a designated
> file and see which bits are set. There is a specific one 
> which is thrown if
> output processing is running against that file. The layout of 
> the lockfile
> is described on the FP Tech website.
> 

I've always wondered about such a technique.  If you do this,
don't you run the risk of having fP blow up because the 
LOCKFILE itself is locked? (more likely to happen if the
files are used by a large number of processes).

Bob Haussmann
Tabor Children's Services, Inc.