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Date:	Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:43:00 -0400
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: rm problem: Directory not empty
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On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 10:37:11AM -0700, Brian Dessent wrote:
>In windows, a file cannot be deleted until all outstanding file handles
>are closed.  I think there is an option you can give to the system to
>tell it to delete the file for you when all handles are closed, but
>this still does not allow for the above behavior where you can actually
>replace an in-use file with a new one.

Cygwin uses the option you are referring to, when it can, but this still
doesn't provide real UNIX-like unlink behavior.

cgf

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