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Clearcase Administrator wrote:
> The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

File locking semantics are different on Windows -- far more strict -- 
than on your average *ix where GNU make normally lives.  Things you can 
get away with on *ix are often prohibited on Windows.

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