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Re: rm problem: Directory not empty


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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