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Subject:	RE: cygwin.com suggestions
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Date:	Sat, 16 Mar 2002 12:48:41 +1100
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From:	"Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
To:	"Chris January" <chris AT atomice DOT net>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris January [mailto:chris AT atomice DOT net] 
> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 10:34 AM

> > But that doesn't really replace the current DLL. IOW the 
> changes are 
> > not effective until one reboots. Personally I find this a 
> crummy way to do things but perhaps that's all that can be done.

> Under Win NT/2k/XP it is actually possible to replace a DLL 
> file that's currently in use without rebooting.
No its not - a rename operation on a memorymapped file fails. It's under
win16 *cough* win9x->Me that memorymapped files can be renamed or
deleted.

Rob

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