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Date:      Wed, 3 Apr 1996 15:36:35 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD-current users)
Subject:   Re: Huh? cc1 text file busy?
Message-ID:  <199604031336.PAA16138@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <199604030917.SAA19962@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Apr 3, 96 06:47:44 pm

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As Michael Smith wrote:

> > Nevertheless, it's supposed to be unlinked before.  (Otherwise, you
> > could never re-install the world, at least /sbin/init is always
> > ``busy''.)
> 
> Bizarre.  Is it possible that unlink() is failing with some error and
> being ignored?

You should always be able to unlink() a directory entry.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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