X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 08:37:43 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Unable to delete directory in Cygwin Message-ID: <20060616123743.GC10880@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <1F211FE03383644EAA6BB7A52FCD9B9B0927A0@sohm.kpit.com> <1F211FE03383644EAA6BB7A52FCD9B9B0927A4@sohm.kpit.com> <143umqixuj7aa$.q6uf55wgjg5t$.dlg@40tude.net> <20060616122412.GB10880@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 08:28:22AM -0400, Brett Serkez wrote: >On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 08:24:12AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>>NTFS and FAT file systems simply do not have the concept of inodes, >>>Cygwin is dependent upon the facilities supplied by these file systems. >> >>Actually NTFS does have something like an inode. That's what Cygwin >>uses. > >Then why does this fail? Please enlighten us? http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-06/msg00347.html It has nothing to do with inodes. There have been versions of UNIX which didn't allow you to remove a directory when someone has cd'ed to it, too. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/