> > Yeah, I think it would be useful to log one message if after (say) 5
> > seconds we still haven't been able to open the file.
>
> Either that, or on the first run.
Imho 1-5s is better, so that would be after the 10-50th try.
> loop. It's supposed to loop 300 times.
Yes.
> > (Are we OK with the idea of sleeping 1 second each time?)
>
> I think not. 0.1 seconds is better. We don't want to delay a full
second if
> it's just a transient thing.
Yes 0.1 s is imho good. Btw. m$ is talking about milliseconds
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316609)
Andreas