From: lhall AT rfk DOT com ("Larry Hall (RFK Partners Inc 617-239-1053)") Subject: Re: Out of Queue slots! 30 Jun 1997 17:10:57 -0700 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <2.2.32.19970630232325.00943834.cygnus.gnu-win32@ma.ultranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Sender: lhall AT ma DOT ultranet DOT com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (32) Original-To: JP Shipherd , gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com At 12:43 PM 6/30/97 -0700, JP Shipherd wrote: >I've seen this question posted a few times but no answer yet -- so I'll >give it a try. > >Does anyone know what causes the error > >Out of Queue Slots! > >This usually scrolls across the screen forever once its started. It seems >to be generated by calling rm with wildcards (eg rm *.c *.cc). > >Thanks, >--jp > > OK, this should really be in the FAQ (is it??). I've answered this a few times for individuals of late but perhaps its time for another mass mailing! "Out of queue slots!" generally occurs when you're trying to remove many files that you do not have permission to remove (either because you don't have permission, they are opened exclusively, etc). What happens is gnuwin32 queues up these files with the supposition that it will be possible to delete these files in the future. Assuming that the permission of an affected file does change later on, the file will be deleted as requested. However, if too many requests come in to delete inaccessible files, the queue overflows and you get the message you're asking about. Usually you can remedy this with a quick chmod, close of a file, or other such thing. Well, that's the explanation behind the message. If you want to know why we have this rather non-optimal technique, perhaps you want to ask our buddy Mr. Bill Gates!;-) Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com RFK Partners, Inc. (617) 239-1053 8 Grove Street (617) 239-1655 - FAX Wellesley, MA, 02181 - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".