On Dec 12 16:14, Matthias Andree wrote: > Am 12.12.2010 16:12, schrieb Corinna Vinschen: > > On Dec 12 15:16, Matthias Andree wrote: > >> Am 12.12.2010 13:42, schrieb Corinna Vinschen: > >> > >> > So, what cygwin tries to do in the first place is to move files in use > >> > into the recycle bin. However, on Windows you need DELETE access rights > >> > to be able to do so. And, this doesn't work for remote drives. On > >> > remote drives we can only try to rename the file to some temporary > >> > filename and hope for the best. Afterwards Cygwin sets the delete > >> > dispostion flag and returns success if setting the dispostion flag > >> > succeeded. After all, that's the maximum possible on Windows, and for > >> > all we can tell the file has been deleted. The fact that the directory > >> > entry lingers until the last handle to the file has been closed is > >> > something Cygwin has no control over. > >> > >> Well, there's the problem. > > > > No, it's not, at least not on local drives. Read again. Files and > > directories in use are moved into the bin. If that fails, unlink/rmdir > > fails. > > Then I wonder what makes my cygport (or the rm command it uses) fail as it > removes the workdir...
I guess debugging would sched a light... Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
