On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 10:37:11AM -0700, Brian Dessent wrote: >In windows, a file cannot be deleted until all outstanding file handles >are closed. I think there is an option you can give to the system to >tell it to delete the file for you when all handles are closed, but >this still does not allow for the above behavior where you can actually >replace an in-use file with a new one.
Cygwin uses the option you are referring to, when it can, but this still doesn't provide real UNIX-like unlink behavior. cgf -- 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/
