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Subject: RE: tar and open files
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 17:27:28 -0600
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For a DLL, does just unregistering the DLL do what you need?  I mean,
running 'regsvr32 /u <dll>', put new file in place, run 'regsvr32
<dll>'?

-Jason

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner at cygwin dot com 
> [mailto: cygwin-owner at cygwin dot com] On Behalf Of Igor
Pechtchanski
> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 5:02 PM
> To: Steven Hartland
> Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
> Subject: Re: tar and open files
> 
> 
> On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Steven Hartland wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone know of a way of getting round the file locking 
> in win32 /
> > cygwin so that in use files e.g. dll's can be replaced and 
> next time the
> > app restarts they are picked up?
> >     Steve
> 
> Setup.exe uses the Windows "replace-on-reboot" feature for this.  If
> you're interested in how this works, see the setup.exe 
> sources or MSDN.
> AFAIK, there's no other way to do a delayed replace of in-use files on
> Windows, but I've been known to err...
> 	Igor
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