Re: Screenshots: Create new bitpim storage wizard

·· ħþø ·· wrote:
> Well, even if you read-lock just the DB, 

That would most likely screw up SQLite since it also does its own
locking, but tries to not have the database open.  It has no idea that
no other thread or process will try to access the db.

> BitPim startup routine catch that lock and inform the user that the 
> profile (proper term for it?) is already in use. If I'm off-base, tell 
> me; I'm just throwing ideas out there.

The general gist is right.  There are just devils in the details.  There
is no reason a dummy lockfile couldn't be created and that used instead
which should work under all circumstances, and be released should the
program crash.  There appear to be posix module (Mac, Linux) and msvcrt
module (Windows) functions that may do the trick.

Roger

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