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Re: rm problem: Directory not empty
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
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