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From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
To: Dev <dev@wopr.inetu.net>
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Subject: Re: text file busy
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Dev wrote:

> anchor@anchordesigns:/www/sites/harinc.com/cgi-bin/counter>./counter.pl
> su: ./counter.pl: Text file busy

What does counter.pl do? I normally get this error if I try to overwrite
an executable that's in use (eg, with a newer version).

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Ben Smithurst                                          ben@scientia.demon.co.uk

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