rm problem: Directory not empty
Larry Hall
lh-no-personal-replies-please@cygwin.com
Mon Sep 12 19:27:00 GMT 2005
At 02:29 PM 9/12/2005, you wrote:
>I've also seen badly behaving windows programs, which refuse to "let go" of a
>directory once they have used a file in it, until the program is explicitly
>closed. This is most annoying, as you have to keep closing program windows
>until suddenly you guess right, the directory is freed, and can be deleted.
'handle.exe' from <sysinternals.com> is useful in determining the right app
to close in this case.
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