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- From: leonardr@netcom.com (Leonard Rosenthol)
- Subject: Re: is there a way to find out who is using an app ?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.050225.2467@netcom.com>
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 05:02:25 GMT
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- In article <1e950uINN3lb@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> jxs18@po.CWRU.Edu (Jerry Sy) writes:
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- >I have an application that runs in multiuser mode out on an appleshare
- >server volume. Now whenever I make some changes and want to update,
- >I can't because people are using the program. Now the appleshare
- >program will tell me who is currently logged on, but not who is
- >using my program.
- >
- >is there a way to determine (programmatically or otherwise) who is
- >using an app on the server, short of going to each and every one
- >of the 50 users who are currently logged in ?
- >
- Nope, there is no way to tell who has a file open. This is a REAL
- problem if you want to do multi-user software, where a given file could be
- open by many people at the same time.
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