Great. At least I can ensure that my processes won't colide. Since nobody else will be using the files generated by my processes, I'm safe.
Now, I can focus on the second part of my post: How can I lower the priority of a thread created by boost::thread.
Thanks again,
++Hector C.
Delfin Rojas
Yep, 'across processes' is a better description than 'system-wide'
Well, there is no boost library for synchronization between processes yet. However there is a new library that has just been accepted and it seems to provide inter-process mutexes but I am not familiar with it. You can take a look at the aproval summary at http://lists.boost.org/boost-announce/2006/02/0083.php and go to the previous message in that thread for a link to the library files. Good luck, -delfin ---------------------------------- --------------------------------- Brings words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail.