Greetings,
I have encountered a problem in "rm" when used with the "-f" and "-r"
options and a busy and hence unremovable file is encountered.
When "rm -fr" encounters a busy and hence unremovable file, it goes into an
infinite loop consuming as much CPU time as it can get until it is forcibly
terminated. The error is completely repeatable as long as the file remains
busy by virtue of being open in another program.
The file system is NTFS and the mount is binmode. The system is Windows
2000 Pro with SP2 and security patches installed.
This is an up-to-date Cygwin installation that is exhibiting no other
anomalous behavior.
In reference to the attached "cygcheck -rs" output, this happened on "C:"
"/cygdrive/c" (reached via a symlink "/c -> /cygdrive/c").
% rm --version
rm (fileutils) 4.1
Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Richard Stallman, and Jim Meyering.
Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
My hunch, unencumbered by the source code, is that the directory access
libraries as implemented in Cygwin / Windows is, in some sense, "dynamic"
(as opposed to a statically built "snapshot" that is acquired once and kept
internally) and hence keeps presenting rm with the same unsuccessfully
removed and unremovable file over and over again.
Randall Schulz
Mountain View, CA USA
Cygwin Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics
Current System Time: Sat Apr 06 08:49:25 2002
Windows 2000 Professional Ver 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 2
Path: .
D:\cygwin\home\RSchulz\bin
D:\cygwin\usr\sbin
D:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin
c:\j2sdk1.4.0\bin
D:\cygwin\usr\local\bin
D:\cygwin\bin
D:\cygwin\bin
d:\Apps\texmf\miktex\bin
d:\Perl\bin\
d:\Tcl\bin\
d:\WINNT\system32
d:\WINNT
d:\WINNT\system32\WBEM
d:\Apps\XEmacs\XEmacs-21.1.14\i586-pc-win32
d:\Apps\GNUEmacs\emacs-20.7\bin
D:\cygwin\bin
D:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin
.
d:\WN16\BIN
SysDir: D:\WINNT\System32
WinDir: D:\WINNT
CYGWIN = `binmode ntsec'
HOME = `D:\cygwin\home\RSchulz'
MAKE_MODE = `unix'
PWD = `/home/RSchulz'
TCL_LIBRARY = `D:\WN16\LIB\TCL7.6'
USER = `RSchulz'
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin
(default) = 0x00000200
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2
(default) = `/cygdrive'
cygdrive flags = 0x00000022
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/dev/fd0
(default) = `\\.\A:'
flags = 0x00000002
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin
(default) = 0x00000200
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/
(default) = `D:/cygwin'
flags = 0x0000000a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/bin
(default) = `D:/cygwin/bin'
flags = 0x0000000a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/lib
(default) = `D:/cygwin/lib'
flags = 0x0000000a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options
a: fd N/A N/A
c: hd NTFS 10001Mb 34% CP CS UN PA FC WIN2K
d: hd NTFS 11664Mb 49% CP CS UN PA FC Win2K2niW
e: hd NTFS 4027Mb 94% CP CS UN PA FC Stash
f: cd N/A N/A
g: cd CDFS 647Mb 100% CS UN BOOKSHELF2K
h: hd FAT32 649Mb 1% CP UN BURNME
\\.\A: /dev/fd0 user binmode
. /cygdrive user binmode,noumount
D:/cygwin / system binmode
D:/cygwin/bin /usr/bin system binmode
D:/cygwin/lib /usr/lib system binmode
Found: D:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe
Found: D:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe
Found: D:\cygwin\bin\cpp.exe
Found: D:\cygwin\bin\find.exe
Found: D:\cygwin\bin\gcc.exe
Found: D:\cygwin\bin\gdb.exe
Found: D:\cygwin\bin\ld.exe
Found: D:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe
Found: D:\cygwin\bin\make.exe
Found: D:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe
56k 2000/12/03 D:\cygwin\bin\cygbz21.0.dll
621k 2002/01/16 D:\cygwin\bin\cygcrypto.dll
107k 2002/03/07 D:\cygwin\bin\cygcurl-2.dll
50k 2002/03/17 D:\cygwin\bin\cygexslt-0.dll
45k 2001/04/25 D:\cygwin\bin\cygform5.dll
35k 2002/01/09 D:\cygwin\bin\cygform6.dll
19k 2002/02/20 D:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm.dll
17k 2001/06/28 D:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory4.dll
20k 2002/01/13 D:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory5.dll
22k 2001/12/13 D:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-1.dll
21k 2001/06/20 D:\cygwin\bin\cygintl.dll
81k 2000/12/05 D:\cygwin\bin\cygitcl30.dll
35k 2000/12/05 D:\cygwin\bin\cygitk30.dll
45k 2002/02/08 D:\cygwin\bin\cygjbig1.dll
119k 2002/02/09 D:\cygwin\bin\cygjpeg6b.dll
25k 2002/03/17 D:\cygwin\bin\cygltdl-3.dll
26k 2001/04/25 D:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu5.dll
20k 2002/01/09 D:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu6.dll
156k 2001/04/25 D:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++5.dll
175k 2002/01/09 D:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++6.dll
226k 2001/04/25 D:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses5.dll
202k 2002/01/09 D:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses6.dll
15k 2001/04/25 D:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel5.dll
12k 2002/01/09 D:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel6.dll
40k 2001/11/21 D:\cygwin\bin\cygpcre.dll
39k 2001/11/21 D:\cygwin\bin\cygpcreposix.dll
170k 2002/01/21 D:\cygwin\bin\cygpng2.dll
108k 2001/06/28 D:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline4.dll
121k 2002/01/13 D:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline5.dll
66k 2001/11/20 D:\cygwin\bin\cygregex.dll
156k 2002/01/16 D:\cygwin\bin\cygssl.dll
390k 2000/12/05 D:\cygwin\bin\cygtcl80.dll
5k 2000/12/05 D:\cygwin\bin\cygtclpip80.dll
10k 2000/12/05 D:\cygwin\bin\cygtclreg80.dll
253k 2002/02/10 D:\cygwin\bin\cygtiff3.dll
623k 2000/12/05 D:\cygwin\bin\cygtk80.dll
1248k 2002/03/17 D:\cygwin\bin\cygxml2-2.dll
41k 2002/01/20 D:\cygwin\bin\cygXpm-noX4.dll
46k 2002/01/20 D:\cygwin\bin\cygXpm-X4.dll
152k 2002/03/17 D:\cygwin\bin\cygxslt-1.dll
15k 2002/03/17 D:\cygwin\bin\cygxsltbreakpoint-1.dll
50k 2002/03/12 D:\cygwin\bin\cygz.dll
751k 2002/02/25 D:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll
Cygwin DLL version info:
DLL version: 1.3.10
DLL epoch: 19
DLL bad signal mask: 19005
DLL old termios: 5
DLL malloc env: 28
API major: 0
API minor: 51
Shared data: 3
DLL identifier: cygwin1
Mount registry: 2
Cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions
Cygwin registry name: Cygwin
Program options name: Program Options
Cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2
Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags
Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix
Cygdrive default prefix:
Build date: Mon Feb 25 11:14:34 EST 2002
Shared id: cygwin1S3
Cygwin Package Information
Package Version
ash 20020131-1
autoconf 2.53-1
autoconf-devel 2.52-4
autoconf-stable 2.13-4
automake 1.6a-1
automake-devel 1.5b-1
automake-stable 1.4p5-5
bash 2.05a-3
bc 1.06-1
binutils 20011002-1
bison 1.34-1
byacc 1.9-1
bzip2 1.0.1-6
clear 1.0-1
compface 1.4-5
cpio 2.4.2
cron 3.0.1-6
crypt 1.0-1
ctags 5.2-1
curl 7.9.5-1
cvs 1.11.0-1
cygrunsrv 0.95-1
cygrunsrv-src 0.95-1
cygutils 1.0.0-1
cygwin 1.3.10-1
dejagnu 20010117-1
diff 0.0
ed 0.2-1
expect 20010117-1
figlet 2.2-1
file 3.37-1
fileutils 4.1-1
findutils 4.1
flex 2.5.4-1
fortune 1.8-2
gawk 3.0.4-1
gcc 2.95.3-5
gdb 20010428-3
gdbm 1.8.0-4
gdbm-src 1.8.0-4
gettext 0.10.40-1
ghostscript 6.51-4
ghostscript-src 6.51-4
gperf 0.0
grep 2.5g
grep-src 2.5g
groff 1.17.2-1
gzip 1.3.2-1
indent 2.2.7-2
inetutils 1.3.2-17
irc 20010101-1
jbigkit 1.2-6
jpeg 6b-7
keychain 1.8-1
less 374-1
libintl 0.10.38-3
libintl1 0.10.40-1
libncurses5 5.2-1
libncurses6 5.2-8
libpng 1.0.12-1
libpng2 1.0.12-1
libreadline4 4.1-2
libreadline5 4.2a-1
libtool 20020202a-1
libtool-devel 20020316-1
libtool-stable 1.4.2-2
libxml2 2.4.17-1
libxslt 1.0.13-1
links 0.96-1
login 1.4-3
lynx 2.8.4-1
m4 0.0
make 3.79.1-5
man 1.5g-2
mingw 20010917-1
mingw-runtime 1.2-1
mktemp 1.4-1
more 2.11o-1
mt 2.0.1-1
mutt 1.2.5i-6
nano 1.0.7-1
ncftp 3.1.3-1
ncurses 5.2-8
newlib-man 20001118-1
opengl 1.1.0-6
openssh 3.1p1-1
openssl 0.9.6c-3
openssl-devel 0.9.6c-2
patch 2.5-3
patch-src 2.5-3
pcre 3.7-1
perl 5.6.1-2
pkgconfig 0.10.0-1
popt 1.6.2-1
postgresql 7.2-2
python 2.2-1
rcs 5.7-2
readline 4.2a-1
regex 4.4-2
robots 2.0-1
rsync 2.5.4-1
rxvt 2.7.2-10
rxvt-src 2.7.2-10
sed 3.02-1
sh-utils 2.0-2
sharutils 4.2.1-2
shutdown 1.2-2
squid 2.4-STABLE20010508
ssmtp 2.38.7-3
tar 1.13.19-1
tcltk 20001125-1
tcsh 6.11.00-4
tcsh-src 6.11.00-4
termcap 20010825-1
terminfo 5.2-1
tetex-beta 20001218-4
texinfo 4.1-1
texmf 20000804-2
texmf-base 20000804-2
texmf-doc 20000804-2
texmf-extra 20000804-2
texmf-tiny 20000804-2
textutils 2.0.21-1
tiff 3.5.7-1
tiff-src 3.5.7-1
time 1.7-1
ttcp 19980512-1
ttcp-src 19980512-1
units 1.77-1
unzip 5.41-1
vim 6.1-2
w32api 1.2-2
wget 1.8.1-1
wget-src 1.8.1-1
which 1.5-1
whois 4.5.17-1
xpm-nox 4.2.0-1
zip 2.3-1
zlib 1.1.4-1
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