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Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 00:32:11 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: tar 'mini'-bug
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In-Reply-To: <001501c12052$be449fa0$2101a8c0@nomad>; from tiberius@braemarinc.com on Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 04:40:28PM -0500

On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 04:40:28PM -0500, Gary R Van Sickle wrote:
> Mmmm, I think you're wrong on that.  I believe ME, crappy as it is, gets
> this one thing right and behaves the same as Why2K in that respect, in that
> you can't write to an executable file that's in use by the OS.  I'm not at a

Excerpt from MSDN:

    Windows 95/98/Me: The DeleteFile function deletes a file even if it
    is open for normal I/O or as a memory-mapped file. To prevent loss
    of data, close files before attempting to delete them.

    Windows NT/2000 or later: The DeleteFile function fails if an
    application attempts to delete a file that is open for normal I/O
    or as a memory-mapped file.

Corinna

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