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Re: Undead hard link
On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 12:47:54PM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> Here's my screen output:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Administrator@THIEF /lib
> $ ps
> PID PPID PGID WINPID TTY UID STIME COMMAND
> 1836 1 1836 1836 con 500 12:43:41 /usr/bin/bash
> 2448 1836 2448 2332 con 500 12:44:27 /usr/bin/ps
>
> Administrator@THIEF /lib
> $ rm edit
> rm: cannot unlink `edit': Permission denied
>
> Administrator@THIEF /lib
> $
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I have no other relevant windows processes running.
Sure? Did you try it after a reboot? I have no problems using
hardlinks and I can't think of any reason for your problem
besides a process locking the file. The fact that the Windows
`del' command refuses to delete the file is a hint either.
Corinna
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