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Re: File locking of target executable
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Kris Warkentin <kewarken at qnx dot com>
- Cc: "Gdb at Sources dot Redhat dot Com" <gdb at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 15:44:03 -0500
- Subject: Re: File locking of target executable
- References: <4044F049.6060009@qnx.com> <4044F174.10004@qnx.com>
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 03:41:24PM -0500, Kris Warkentin wrote:
> Argh. I always see the answer AFTER I mail to the mailing list. Looks
> like Windows itself won't let a binary be removed if it's executing.
> The problem report states that this is happening in the remote case but
> I just checked and it doesn't seem to be. Must be an error in the bug
> report.
It can happen in the remote case too sometimes - I don't think Windows
lets you delete an open file either.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer