Date:         Fri, 14 Jul 2006 03:38:34 -0400
Reply-To:     Scott Bass <sas_l_739@YAHOO.COM.AU>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Scott Bass <sas_l_739@YAHOO.COM.AU>
Subject:      Testing if an external file is locked

Hi,

Test code:

data _null_;
   file "c:\temp\temp.txt" mod;
   put "yes";
   rc=sysrc();msg=sysmsg();
   file log;
   put rc= msg=;
run;

Now give the command 'fslist "c:\temp\temp.txt"' and resubmit above code.

What I want to do is:

* attempt to write to the file
* if locked, sleep for x seconds
* try again
* rinse, repeat as needed
* not generate an error msg in the log

If you have code that does this, could you post it please?

Thanks,
Scott