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Problem with Check if File Open
Posted: 11 Feb 2014 18:16
by NeilClough
Hi,
The batch file to check if a file is open does not seem to work properly if the file is an Excel file and is set as "Read-Only"
i.e. the batch file reports that the file is available to open !!
Thanks,
Neil
Edited 13/02
Should have included Code.
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echo.N|copy /-y NUL "%filename%">NUL&&(
echo.%filename% is free!
rem leave this rem here at the block end!!!
) || (
echo.%filename% is in use!
)
Re: Problem with Check if File Open
Posted: 24 Feb 2014 08:18
by rodrigolima
Hello NeilClough
Try this:
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@echo off
cls
set /p arquivo=<checkFile.txt
for %%i in (%arquivo%) do set verif=%%~ni
echo Verif: %verif%
pause
tasklist /V | findstr "%verif%">log.txt
::pause
if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 (
echo File is OPEN
) else (
echo FIle is not OPEN
)
if exist log.txt del log.txt
pause
Create a text file called checkFile.txt.
Put inside it the file path, for example:
C:\MyFiles\Folder1\holder.pdf
I tried it here in my machine and It work sucessfully...
Try it and report me.
See You
Re: Problem with Check if File Open
Posted: 24 Feb 2014 22:06
by dbenham
I would use the following:
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2>nul (call;>>"%filename%") && (
echo "%filename%" is free!
) || (
echo "%filename%" is in use or is read only!
)
Dave Benham
Re: Problem with Check if File Open
Posted: 26 Feb 2014 00:09
by Liviu
The question sounds familiar
http://www.ztw3.com/forum/forum_entry.php?id=117668 
and the only generic answer covering all cases is a utility (not batch) such as sysinternals' handle.exe.
dbenham wrote:I would use the following
Yours is the right answer, but to a slightly different question - whether the file can be written to using the (undocumented) locking/sharing modes of batch redirection against the (unknown) modes that a 3rd party app may have the file opened under. In Windows there are combinations of modes where the file can be both opened, and writeable from multiple programs at a time.
Liviu