On Jun 21 12:03, Jean-Pierre Bergamin wrote: > Am 21.06.2011 10:18, schrieb Corinna Vinschen: > >On Jun 21 09:50, Jean-Pierre Bergamin wrote: > >>Dear cygwin-Users > >> > >>When using less to follow a log file (less +F logfile.log), this > >>file is locked. So when I restart the application, it cannot delete > >>this locked log file and create a new one. So I always have to quit > >>less, before restarting the app, which I of course forget like every > >>2nd time... less does not lock on linux. > >> > >>Is there any way I could tell less not to lock the file? > > > >Upgrade Cygwin to the latest release might be an option. It's not less > >which locks the file, it's the fact that Windows does not allow to > >delete files which are in use. Recent Cygwin versions have a workaround > >for this. > > Unfortunately, it also does not work with the latest cygwin version. > It seems to be some "special" behaviour with my app server anyway, > since I can open any other file with less and delete it and recreate > it, while less still has it open. No idea why the app server (virgo) > fails.
It's probably because your app server is a non-Cygwin application. It fails because it has no code to move in-use files away, as Cygwin's unlink() function has. If so, you're out of luck. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
