https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89020
kargl at gcc dot gnu.org changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |kargl at gcc dot gnu.org --- Comment #1 from kargl at gcc dot gnu.org --- (In reply to Luke Robison from comment #0) > Version: GNU Fortran (Ubuntu 7.2.0-8ubuntu3.2) 7.2.0 > OS: Guest Ubuntu running inside Host Windows 10 using VirtualBox > > Problem: > > CLOSE(status='DELETE',iostat=stat) does not delete some files, and still > returns iostat == 0. > > In order to delete files, I use the OPEN(file=..) followed by > CLOSE(...,status='DELETE') pattern. Normally this works, but > it fails on VirtualBox's shared folders. Running strace shows > that the unlink syscall happens while the file is still open, > and returns ETXTBSY, but the close then proceeds as usual. > Testing shows that other programs are unable to unlink the > file while the fortran program has it open either, although > they can safely unlink it after a CLOSE call. > If virtualbox's shared folders are doing strange things with files or is broken, not much that the gfortran developers can do about that. Work around for virtualbox might call execute_command_line("rm -f " // filename)