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Subject:	Re: setup.exe and "in-use-file"
From:	Robert Collins <rbcollins AT cygwin DOT com>
To:	Sven =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=F6hler?= <skoehler AT upb DOT de>
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Date:	14 Apr 2003 11:26:07 +1000

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On Mon, 2003-04-14 at 10:23, Sven K=F6hler wrote:
> Cygwin's setup.exe is a win32-app.
> It uses some Win32-API to open-files. If a file is "in use" (for example=20
> cygwin.dll while cygwin-bash is running), it displays a windows at the=20
> end, that i have to reboot my system, because the file could not be=20
> replaced.

There is a command line switch to disable replace-on-reboot.=20

Feel free to submit a patch to convert the error that occurs when it is
disabled with a dialog and a retry.

The default behaviour is replace on reboot, and will remain the default.

But the command line option will do 90% of what you want today, and with
a few lines of code can do the remaining 10%.

Look in install.cc if you are interested.

Cheers,
Rob
(Cygwin setup maintainer)
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GPG key available at: <http://users.bigpond.net.au/robertc/keys.txt>.

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