Detect and delete locked file in python

Question

I want to detect whether a file is locked, using python on Unix. It\'s OK to delete the file, assuming that it helps detects whether the file was locked.

The file could

Answer 1

I tried to lock a file in mac and delete the same file in another terminal. It allows the file to be deleted.

lock_file_path = "/tmp/lock.file"
fd = open(lock_file_path,"w")
fcntl.flock(fd.fileno(),LOCK_EX)
while True:
    print("Locked")