Re: file interaction differences between win98 and winxp

Found the answer.  It is a windows sp2 issue that IBM has a PTF to
fix.  Seems Microsoft changed how windows does deletes on a file
share.

Attached is the PTF cover letter.

On 6/16/05, Adam <raider.adam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There is a directory on the iSeries that has files we interact with.
> It is under /qdls/rugd80
> 
> We have a program that is running under win98 that checks the
> directory for a file, when it is there it reads it, then deletes it.
> 
> We recently moved the program onto winxp and log in with the exact
> same user account.  Now, when it tries to delete the file, it says it
> can't and that it is probably in use.  As a test, I went over to the
> older computer and was able to browse to the directory and delete it
> with no issue.
> 
> Any ideas?
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> "Your Majesty has slain the mother; how can one kill the child as well?"
> - Ts'ao Jui, Romance of the Three Kingdoms
>