Sergey,
I see. You mean it's more than a codepage problem < g >?

Well, all I wanted to say, is that it's difficult to beat you ;-)

>You're correct, it's totaly meaningless in Russian. :)
>
>>Michel,
>>Difficile de battre Sergey ;-)
>>
>>òðóäíûé â òîë÷îê Sergey.
>>
>>Not sure this means anything in Russian, but it sure looks impressive to me :-) (from http://www.langtolang.com/)
>>
>>>>Maybe you could use a brute force technique and simply check if you can get exclusive hold of the file. See changes below.
>>>
>>>Yes, it's the same approach as just suggested by Sergey. :)