Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:43:00 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: rm problem: Directory not empty Message-ID: <20050912174300.GC16064@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20050912172243 DOT 85297 DOT qmail AT web31502 DOT mail DOT mud DOT yahoo DOT com> <4325BCC7 DOT 69E022DC AT dessent DOT net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4325BCC7.69E022DC@dessent.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 10:37:11AM -0700, Brian Dessent wrote: >In windows, a file cannot be deleted until all outstanding file handles >are closed. I think there is an option you can give to the system to >tell it to delete the file for you when all handles are closed, but >this still does not allow for the above behavior where you can actually >replace an in-use file with a new one. Cygwin uses the option you are referring to, when it can, but this still doesn't provide real UNIX-like unlink behavior. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/