It's a known feature of win nt and win 2000.. With com dll's it is (was?) even worse... (using linux now..)
Mvgr, Martin > -----Original Message----- > From: Butch Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 4:41 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Re: Windows Directory Locking] > > > > I'd be interested in seeing if anyone has a good solution to this > issue. We > have noticed that on Win2k the file locking can be a REAL > problem. There have > been times we've copied files into the deployment directory that > one of the > servers is using, and when the server restarts, the original > locked version > magically appears back where the new file used to be. Unfortunately, I > haven't seen any consistency with exactly how this happens, or > even when... > > It's gotten to the point where we go to heroic lengths to > _ensure_ that what > is deployed is exactly what we think is deployed. I.e., shutting down the > servers, deleting all the files, making sure they're _really_ not there, > redeploying the files, restarting the servers, etc. > > Anyone else had these kinds of experiences (he asked, hoping it's > not "just > me" :) > > Butch > > Ken Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Welcome to life on the most popular > > toy operating system... > > > > Alex Jeannopoulos wrote: > > > > > > I haven't seen this on the list, so here is my question. Is > there any way > to > > > force ant to delete a directory even if it is open by another > process. On > > > windows if I have explorer open to a directory which is to be > deleted, and > I > > > launch my ant script it will fail since explorer holds a lock on > directory > > > and the build depends on the clean process. I have a feeling its an OS > > > feature but I figured maybe someone has an answer for it. > > > > > > Alex Jeannopoulos > > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > This email message is for the sole use of the intended > recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged > information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended > recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy > all copies of the original message. >
