> When you delete a file, you actually delete the file (contrary to what
> Philip has suggested). The handle, however, is left open. A
> separate process
> called the cache scavenger routinely goes through and checks to see which
> files have been deleted. At this point the handle to the file is
> deleted and
> the file "appears" to be deleted from the file system.

I didn't know this - it's always appeared that NT didn't delete the file
immediately but "held" the file - I now know exactly why, but now I do <g>

Philip Arnold
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Certified ColdFusion Developer
ASP Multimedia Limited
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