IIS likes to lock files for a little while if they have been recently accessed from the web. If you wait about 30 mins, they'll be freed. Annoying.
----- Original Message ----- From: Shawn Grover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, October 1, 2002 3:14 pm Subject: CFM Files are "Locked"? > I have a situation where our files refuse to be deleted, or > renamed. We've > checked all the usual stuff like attributes and tried to see who is > accessing the file, but still it won't allow itself to be deleted. > Anyone > see this before? > > We store our files in VSS, check them out to our web server as > needed to > work on them, and check them back in when we're done with them. We've > copied our web app's folder to a pre-production server for QA, and > now need > to update the files with a number of the fixes we have made > (basically took > a snapshot of our development code). But the files still refuse > to be > deleted. My thoughts are that VSS is likely the culprit and > somehow taging > the file as being opened, when it's not. Our Sys Admin is > swearing that > it's our application that's causing this (usual sys admin response... > <grins>). The files in use are .CFM and .JS files, and do not > perform any > file operations. So my thoughts are that the problem is either > with VSS, or > possibly with IIS. Any thoughts? > > Shawn Grover > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
