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Re: [RFC] unlink() implementation


On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 10:32:27AM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> Are there cases where 1 fails on NT when 2 works? If not, skip 2.
>> Does DeleteFile() work at all with opened file on NT?
>> There must be a reason why our ancestors went to the trouble of 
>> implementing 1.
>
>The ancestor is cgf, IIRC.

I either added the DELETE_ON_CLOSE or hacked on a patch that was provided.
Prior to that, this was always handled by the delete queue.  I certainly
didn't ever consider SHFileOperation and I would be very surprised if
Geoff Noer, Steve Chamberlain, or any of the others who have _gone_before_
would have considered it.

cgf


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