Re: Preventing Multiple instance of GTK application

[Carlos Pereira <jose carlos pereira ist utl pt>]

Ajax John wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have written a gtk application on my Linux system.
> At present I can open or start multiple instances of my application.
> how can I modify my code such that at a time only one instance of my
> application is running on my system.
>
>
> Regards,
> Ajax.
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You can write a .lock file everytime you start and then remove it when 
you close. To know if other instance is running, you just have to check 
if your .lock file exists.

Carlos