>>Delete ?
>>

handle=fcreate(lcFile)

Cetin
>
>Actually my method is the FOPEN()/FCLOSE() pair, not FLOCK() - kind of similar, though.
>
>

nTry = FOPEN(cFile)
>if nTry >= 0
>  =FCLOSE(nTry)
>  USE (cFile) in 0 EXCL
>else
>  * forget it
>endif

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That's the exact way I check :) Slight modification :

ntry = fopen(cFile,12)

Just paranoia :)
Cetin