Re: Unable to delete directory in Cygwin

[mwoehlke <mwoehlke at tibco dot com>]

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> mwoehlke wrote:
> > Eric Blake wrote:
> > > That said, cygwin does try to emulate linux, and if someone were to
> > > contribute a patch that would allow cygwin to emulate directory deletion
> > > if it knows that all open handles have also been scheduled for unlinking
> > > at process end, then http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC.
> >
> > Not a patch, but for the record, it looks like Interix solves this 
> > problem (http://www.interopsystems.com/tools/tm.aspx?m=9403). Maybe 
> > Cygwin could do something similar?
> >
> > (And in case that link dies; apparently Interix has a special 'temp' 
> > directory where "unlinked" files are sent until their handles are all 
> > closed.)
>
> If you take a look at the cygwin sources, you'll see that Cygwin does
> something similar already.  This does not solve the problem for those
> that want to unlink and immediately recreate the unlinked entry though...

I'm confused. As I read the post, if I create a file 'bar' in '/foo', 
open the file, and then 'rm -rf /foo', I can't do that. If Cygwin 
"magically redirects" 'bar' to some special place, wouldn't that
a: allow me to unlink '/foo'
b: allow me to then create a new (and different) '/foo/bar'?

I also do not see anywhere that the OP is even trying to do [b].

--
Matthew
...Ruthlessly beating Windows with a hammer until it looks like POSIX.


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