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Subject: Re: Bug in rm -r with locked files
From: David Means <dmeans AT the-means DOT net>
To: Gael Mulat <Gael DOT Mulat AT polyspace DOT com>
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Yep, I concur.  If windows has a lock on the file, rm just hangs.  I've
seen it hang on directories when doing an 'rm -rf yada/*"

On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 06:50, Gael Mulat wrote:

>     Hi,
>=20
>     This is a bug report about rm (package fileutils, version 4.1-1) on W=
2K.
>=20
>     Test case: take 2 cygwin shells.
> shell 1:
>     mkdir /tmp/directory
>     vi /tmp/directory/file
>=20
> shell 2:
>     /bin/rm -rf /tmp/directory
>=20
>     The shell2 doesn't manage to remove the directory and goes into an=20
> infinite loop, taking 100% of the CPU.
>     All is then OK if we go out of vi in the shell1.
>=20
>     Doing the same thing (deleting the directory) directly in Windows=20
> produces an error message: "cannot delete directory: Access is denied.=20
> The source file may be in use" and we can notice in the directory a file=20
> named .file.swp that is also visible under Cygwin with ls -la.
>=20
>     The example I have just given uses vi, but it is the same with all=20
> processes that open the file, as W2K puts a lock on it.
>=20
> Gael Mulat
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Yep, I concur.&nbsp; If windows has a lock on the file, rm just hangs.&nbsp=
; I've seen it hang on directories when doing an 'rm -rf yada/*&quot;<BR>
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On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 06:50, Gael Mulat wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR=3D"#050c87" SIZE=3D"3"><I>    Hi,

    This is a bug report about rm (package fileutils, version 4.1-1) on W2K=
.

    Test case: take 2 cygwin shells.
shell 1:
    mkdir /tmp/directory
    vi /tmp/directory/file

shell 2:
    /bin/rm -rf /tmp/directory

    The shell2 doesn't manage to remove the directory and goes into an=20
infinite loop, taking 100% of the CPU.
    All is then OK if we go out of vi in the shell1.

    Doing the same thing (deleting the directory) directly in Windows=20
produces an error message: &quot;cannot delete directory: Access is denied.=
=20
The source file may be in use&quot; and we can notice in the directory a fi=
le=20
named .file.swp that is also visible under Cygwin with ls -la.

    The example I have just given uses vi, but it is the same with all=20
processes that open the file, as W2K puts a lock on it.

Gael Mulat




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