Is it possible to check whether file is being used by another process

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is it possible to check whether file is being used by another process?
I am using overwolf.io.writeFileContents

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Did you try to call this function on a file and got some error? Can you attach the error?
The API doesn’t have a dedicated function OOTB to check it if that’s what you mean.
You can do that with a plugin.

Thanks.

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I use overwolf.io.writeFileContents and the function returns a very descriptive error if you try to write to a file that’s locked by another process:

{"success":false,"status":"error","reason":"The process cannot access the file '[filepath_to_file]' because it is being used by another process."}

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