X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 16:19:56 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: 1.7.7: rm -rf sometimes fails - race condition? Message-ID: <20101212151956.GC8795@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <4D026815.4070606@gmx.de> <20101210182652.GA27615@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <3D3D7FA2B44B477A8342F96F72AE1BE7@multiplay.co.uk> <20101212124248.GB11357@calimero.vinschen.de> <4D04D92F.6000002@gmx.de> <20101212151228.GA8795@calimero.vinschen.de> <4D04E6E8.6060905@gmx.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4D04E6E8.6060905@gmx.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: 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 Dec 12 16:14, Matthias Andree wrote: > Am 12.12.2010 16:12, schrieb Corinna Vinschen: > > On Dec 12 15:16, Matthias Andree wrote: > >> Am 12.12.2010 13:42, schrieb Corinna Vinschen: > >> > >> > So, what cygwin tries to do in the first place is to move files in use > >> > into the recycle bin. However, on Windows you need DELETE access rights > >> > to be able to do so. And, this doesn't work for remote drives. On > >> > remote drives we can only try to rename the file to some temporary > >> > filename and hope for the best. Afterwards Cygwin sets the delete > >> > dispostion flag and returns success if setting the dispostion flag > >> > succeeded. After all, that's the maximum possible on Windows, and for > >> > all we can tell the file has been deleted. The fact that the directory > >> > entry lingers until the last handle to the file has been closed is > >> > something Cygwin has no control over. > >> > >> Well, there's the problem. > > > > No, it's not, at least not on local drives. Read again. Files and > > directories in use are moved into the bin. If that fails, unlink/rmdir > > fails. > > Then I wonder what makes my cygport (or the rm command it uses) fail as it > removes the workdir... I guess debugging would sched a light... Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple