At 09:31 AM 5/18/2004, you wrote: >I am sorry if this has been covered before, but I was >wondering if there is work around (probably not ;-( > >In unix you can do the following >tail -f /somefile >in another session >rm -f /somefile >echo OK > /somefile > >of course the tail stops working, but the file is >recreated > >On a cygwin box >tail -f c:/somefile >in another session >rm -f c:/somefile >echo OK > c:/somefile >'Access is denied' > >So obviously the tail puts a lock on the file, >preventing an application from creating a new one, >which in my case breaks the application. Any thoughts >about how work around this, given I need to tail the >file ?
Your going to have to use a different file name. Windows doesn't support the same semantics in this case. The emulation Cygwin provides is as close as you're going to get (which ain't that close but... ;-) ). -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/
