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bculver
bculver
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Are text files locked when importing?

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Created: Oct 6, 2023 01:01 AM  |  Last Modified: Oct 5, 2023 10:01 PM (367 views)
Hello, I’m writing a script to scrape machine log text files and collect the data in JMP. Some of these files are ‘active’ and may be appended to or even moved.

I’m wondering whether JMP acts like Notepad where the file is not locked at all, or if there is a small chance the import will block another program manipulating the file.

My question is for all versions of JMP 17 for Windows
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Craige_Hales
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Re: Are text files locked when importing?

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Created: Oct 6, 2023 07:34 AM  |  Last Modified: Oct 6, 2023 4:34 AM (359 views)  |  Posted in reply to message from bculver 10-06-2023
I'm pretty certain JMP will not block another program when JMP reads a text file. JMP does lock data tables, if it can, when they are opened. That prevents two users from trying to commit edits to the table on top of each other. One of the users only gets read access. But that's only for data tables.
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