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Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 16:03:08 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: find command seems to lock files
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On Aug 19 14:33, Morten Kj=C3=A6rulff wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> I have an application which constantly:
> creates a file
> do some processing
> deletes the file
>=20
> One way to monitor if the application has crashed, is to check the age of
> the file, so I made a script that:
>=20
> find //$server/d$/dir/subdir*/subsubdir -name 'thefile' -printf '%A+\n'
>=20
> subdir* will be subdir1 subdir2 ...
> under subsubdir there will be dirA, dirB, ... and under those, thefile may
> exist.
>=20
> Problem is that it seems this command locks thefile, as the application
> sometimes can't delete it.
>=20
> Could this be true?

Cygwin does not actually lock anything except in very rare
circumstances.  Your problem is more likely triggered by a realtime
virus scanner.


Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen
Cygwin Maintainer

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