At 6:42 PM -0500 12/11/01, Magesh Umasankar wrote: >From: "Dmitri G. Chtchekine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> I get exception trying to delete some files (OS is Windows NT). > >Windows doesn't let a program delete any file that is "locked" >by the OS at the time of attempting to delete. Such is not the case >in Unix. So this problem will usually occur in Windows only.
Not entirely true! It turns out that many NFS implementations also die if you attempt to manipulate a file which is still open. Some of them even let the call finish, write a temp file to the disk with an enlightening name like .nfs872987410938741097341, then block on the NEXT read attempt! Scott -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
