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Hi, |
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I hope this isn't off-topic. |
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I have a few files which I would like to share to some housemates, but I |
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don't want these files to be opened by everyone at the same time. (limit |
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stress on my PC etc) |
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So, what I would like to do is some sort of library checkout mechanism. |
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I'm hoping to be able to write a script that will check how many |
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instances of the file is already in use. |
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My initial thinking is to use lsof. |
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eg: lsof | grep -i exact_filename | wc -l |
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and count the number of times it occurs, compare it to a database(?) |
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(this is most likely to be just a txt file) and see if I will permit the |
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connection. |
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Is lsof a suitable/accurate tool? I mean, based on linux's |
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architechture, one can still access/stop playing the file( but didn't |
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close the orig app that played/used it) |
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Comments please? |
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(Preferably a command line app / solution) |
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Ow Mun Heng |
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Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 1.5GB RAM |
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98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! |
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Neuromancer 15:26:22 up 1:53, 5 users, load average: 0.78, 0.78, 0.65 |
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