In Linux, how can we know if a file has completed copying before reading it? In Windows, an OSError is raised.
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In Linux, how can we know if a file has completed copying before reading it? In Windows, an OSError is raised.
You can use the inotify mechanisms (via pyinotify) to catch events like CREATE, WRITE, CLOSE and based on them you can assume wether the copy has finished or not.
However, since you provided no details on what are you trying to do, I can’t tell if inotify would be suitable for you (btw, inotify is Linux specific so you can’t use it on Windows or other platforms)