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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:46:53 +0000
From: Jurriaan <thunder8 AT xs4all DOT nl>
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Subject: quick way to find out if a file is in use by windows?
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I use the mv command to clean up some directories filled with temporary
files. These may or may not be in use by windows.

I used to detect them being in use by windows by mv failing.

Now, mv is simply taking forever.

I'm using cygwin 1.7.7(0.230/5/3), windows 2003 server 32 bits with all
updates on a local NTFS disk.

I remember reading something about this changing in the last release, but
I can't find it in the archives anymore (searching for 'file in use'
didn't work out).

Is there any way to detect if a file is in use by windows before
executing 'mv' (I really, really hope I don't have to use the
'handle.exe' utility, which takes seconds for each file...)?

Alternatively, could mv timeout somewhat earlier? I control-C'ed it
after 15 minutes, which is really too long already.

Thanks,
Jurriaan
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