Are you sure the files were in use? Once loaded into memory the DLL
should remain locked.
Boris Liberman wrote:
> Well, it turns out that you're wrong, Peter. I tried it today at work
> and it worked.
>
> The problem however, seems to have been solved by a managerial decision
> to not copy any files while the system is up and running. The files are
> going to be copied only after it has been ensured that the system is
> completely inoperative.
>
> Boris
>
>
>
> P. J. Alling wrote:
>
>> Unlike UNIX Windows won't let you rename files that are in use. They're
>> locked until the process exits.
>>
>> Boris Liberman wrote:
>>
>>> This idea did not occur to me. I'll try it and report back.
>>>
>>> The older files can be deleted at any time, say, off-line by separate
>>> command of the human being...
>>>
>>> Boris
>>>
>>>
>>> John Francis wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 06:47:43PM +0300, Boris Liberman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> However, I don't intend to *install* updates. All I need is to copy
>>>>> certain files from certain location(s) to the respective destination
>>>>> location(s)...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> The way to handle this on a Unix box would be to rename the old (open)
>>>> file, then copy over the new ones.
>>>>
>>>> I haven't tried renaming an open file on Windows, so I don't know if
>>>> that works. It shouldn't be too hard to test, though.
>>>>
>>>> That still leaves unsolved the problem of deleting the older files.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
>
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