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Belisarius · 03-28-2006, 01:31 AM

If you have a file open for writing in Windows, Windows will put a lock on it. This is different from Unix, where you can delete just about anything. You'll have trouble deleteing files until whatever program is accessing them gives up the lock.

03-28-2006, 01:31 AM	#4 (permalink)
Belisarius Java fanboy Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,140	If you have a file open for writing in Windows, Windows will put a lock on it. This is different from Unix, where you can delete just about anything. You'll have trouble deleteing files until whatever program is accessing them gives up the lock. __________________ GitS