quick way to find out if a file is in use by windows?

[Conway, Timothy]

> Is there any way to detect if a file is in use by windows before 
> executing 'mv' (I really, really hope I don't have to use the 
> 'handle.exe' utility, which takes seconds for each file...)?

fuser


73,
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