For a DLL, does just unregistering the DLL do what you need? I mean, running 'regsvr32 /u <dll>', put new file in place, run 'regsvr32 <dll>'?
-Jason > -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner at cygwin dot com > [mailto: cygwin-owner at cygwin dot com] On Behalf Of Igor Pechtchanski > Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 5:02 PM > To: Steven Hartland > Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com > Subject: Re: tar and open files > > > On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Steven Hartland wrote: > > > Does anyone know of a way of getting round the file locking > in win32 / > > cygwin so that in use files e.g. dll's can be replaced and > next time the > > app restarts they are picked up? > > Steve > > Setup.exe uses the Windows "replace-on-reboot" feature for this. If > you're interested in how this works, see the setup.exe > sources or MSDN. > AFAIK, there's no other way to do a delayed replace of in-use files on > Windows, but I've been known to err... > Igor > -- > http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ > |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu > ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ igor at watson dot ibm dot com > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! > > "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor > and his route > to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
