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Re: Bug in rm -r with locked files


On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 12:50:18PM +0100, Gael Mulat wrote:
>    Hi,
> 
>    This is a bug report about rm (package fileutils, version 4.1-1) on W2K.
> 
>    Test case: take 2 cygwin shells.
> shell 1:
>    mkdir /tmp/directory
>    vi /tmp/directory/file
> 
> shell 2:
>    /bin/rm -rf /tmp/directory
> 
>    The shell2 doesn't manage to remove the directory and goes into an 
> infinite loop, taking 100% of the CPU.
>    All is then OK if we go out of vi in the shell1.

Which version of Cygwin and Vim are you using?  I'm getting this:

  shell 1:
     mkdir /tmp/foo
     vi /tmp/foo/bar
     :w                 <= To create file `bar'

  shell 2:
     rm -rf /tmp/foo    <= returns immediately, having foo removed.

Vim doesn't lock the file, so I wonder what you are discribing here.

Corinna

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