>>>>>If I issue FOPEN("somefile",1) - write only, unbuffered - it waits a long time - because the file was deliberately opened by me earlier. Is there a way to make it fail faster?
>>>>
>>>>What's your OS?
>>>
>>>Windows XP or Windows 2000
>>
>>Is file on network share or local?
>
>During dev it's local. In production it will be on network share accessed by UNC.

It fails immideatelly on local file for me (WinXPSP2Pro).