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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 14:15:07 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Removal of hard links with count > 1 for files that are in use
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On Apr 29 15:01, Marcus Picasso wrote:
> $ ln /bin/rm.exe ./foo.exe
> 
> $ /bin/rm.exe -f ./foo.exe
> rm: cannot remove `foo.exe': Permission denied
> 
> Is this expected behaviour? 

I was surprised, too, but the answer is "apparently yes".  Trying to
remove the hardlink results in an ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED from the Win32
calls.  Go figure.


Corinna

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