"Andrew Morton" <a**@in-press.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
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> Denis Correard wrote:
>> I'm writing an application that would move a file from 1 place to
>> another and print it, but I'm having errors if the file is in use by
>> another process when I'm trying to move it. Is there a way to check
>> that before I try to move the file?
>
> Try to move the file. If you catch an error then perhaps wait a while and
> give it another go. Finally, curse it for not offering a function to tell
> you what the current access state of the file is.
>
> Would it be sufficient to /copy/ the file to another location to print it?
> You have more chance of that succeeding.
>
> Andrew
>