[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #1158: Removing vector map in Windows fails with "Unable to delete vector map"

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#1158: Removing vector map in Windows fails with "Unable to delete vector map"
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  Reporter:  lponti       |       Owner:  grass-dev@…                                                 
      Type:  defect       |      Status:  closed                                                      
  Priority:  blocker      |   Milestone:  6.4.2                                                       
 Component:  Vector       |     Version:  6.4.0                                                       
Resolution:  fixed        |    Keywords:  wingrass, g.mremove, wildcards, v.in.ogr, v.select, g.remove
  Platform:  MSWindows 7  |         Cpu:  Unspecified                                                 
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Comment(by hamish):

 Replying to [comment:51 mmetz]:
 > A file can not be removed as long as it is kept open by some
 application.
 > This is a universal feature I guess. At least it applies to Linux and MS
 Windows.

 AFAIU it's rather different on Linux and MS Windows. On linux you can
 delete an open file, and for all intents and purposes that works and it is
 deleted, but the actual file isn't really gone on disk until the last
 program that has it open has closed it. On Windows however if another
 process has a file open you get a nasty error message.

 It's sort of like Linux is asking to do a "lazy" umount, which disconnects
 for new requests but leaves the line open in the background (usually
 waiting for a hung NFS mount to revive), while the analogy for Windows
 would be a normal umount, where it complains and fails if anything is
 still using it.

 I assume that file deletion on all/most UNIX file systems follow the same
 manner as Linux in this regard.


 Hamish

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