Posted by saul on 11/13/07 17:01

In article <1194812238.516514.122610@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
102degrees@102degrees.com says...
> On Nov 10, 9:46 am, alexan...@gmail.com wrote:
> > I run some remote binary with php script in background. The binary
> > creates some big files - a lot of files, they are being written 2
> > days, one after another, by chunks.
> >
> > I output window where I display a list of these files by another php
> > script. I must show only those of them that are COMPLETELY DONE. How
> > can I do this?
> >
> > I don't have access to binary sources.
> >
> > OS is Solaris.
>
> What if you checked out the 'flock' functions of PHP? You might be
> able to lock the file, then check to see if they're locked by the
> other script... etc.
>
>

Didnt I read somewhere that flock is unreliable?
Any info on that would be appreciated.

saul

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