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Re: 1.7.7: rm -rf sometimes fails - race condition?

From: Warren Young <warren at etr-usa dot com>
To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:21:31 -0700
Subject: Re: 1.7.7: rm -rf sometimes fails - race condition?
References: <4D026815.4070606@gmx.de> <20101210182652.GA27615@ednor.casa.cgf.cx>

On 12/10/2010 11:26 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote:

- Windows 7 Prof. 32-bit German

[snip]

it happens when a virus checker hooks into a syscall

I thought Windows 7 took away a lot of the features antimalware software was using to dirty-patch the kernel. Is BLODA still as big a problem with Windows 7 as with past versions of Windows?

It could be that what I'm thinking of only applies to 64-bit Windows 7.

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References:
- 1.7.7: rm -rf sometimes fails - race condition?
  - From: Matthias Andree
- Re: 1.7.7: rm -rf sometimes fails - race condition?
  - From: Christopher Faylor

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