I would assume that...

Post #200,389 by ben_tilly 3/24/05 7:15:13 PM Reply	I would assume that... `The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.` :-P Seriously, my painful recollections are that many Windows programs take out exclusive locks on anything that they open, and those locks block all other operations. So if anyone else wants to open your file for anything, they can cause huge problems. My first guess would be to look for users who might be opening a file in some kind of editor (or Excel, or whatever else). My second guess would be to ask what happens if your program is trying to move a file that some automated job (eg a virus scan) happens to be looking at. This information is based on things that used to be a PITA for me quite a few years ago. The default behaviour could well have changed and I have no relevant recent experience. Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #200,395 by broomberg 3/24/05 7:58:29 PM Reply	Grrr... The "drive" is a Linux share. Virus scanning is set to look at local disk only. No one else is accessing it, at least would be incredibly unlikely. Here are the "permissions": \n-rw-r--r-- 1 spooler prod 335 Mar 24 14:21 run_16669.2005_21_24_14_21_04.16695.bat\n The directory itself has more open access to allow the files to be renamed in and out of it by the windows "user", but only the spooler id can open/lock it. Right now only 3 people can even drill down into that area of the system, and they are not the "type". Hey Greg: I can have fake locks set at a directory level in samba, right? Or am I forced to do it at share level? Hmmm - need to go research.
Post #200,446 by ben_tilly 3/25/05 1:22:46 AM Reply	I'm guessing, obviously But my guess is that Samba makes what Windows think are locks act like what Windows thinks locks should act like. So it doesn't really matter what is actually happening on on the Linux side - just how it looks to Windows. Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #200,447 by ben_tilly 3/25/05 1:22:51 AM Reply	I'm guessing, obviously But my guess is that Samba makes what Windows think are locks act like what Windows thinks locks should act like. So it doesn't really matter what is actually happening on on the Linux side - just how it looks to Windows. Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)

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