X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:05:33 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Unable to delete directory in Cygwin Message-ID: <20060616130533.GA22975@calimero.vinschen.de> 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> <20060616123743.GC10880@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i 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 Jun 16 08:59, Brett Serkez wrote: > So this brings me back to my original question, what is it in NTFS > that provides Inode type functionality that Cygwin is leveraging? This might sound far-fetched, but can you imagine that this is just the way Microsoft implemented the file system? It doesn't allow to remove a directory if *any* process has an open handle to the directory or one of its children. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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/