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Some
ideas (guesses).
You
probably need to look at file sharing options, see if you can enum a list of
file shares, or maybe add a listener to a directory and see if you get
notified of activity this way.
Myles.
I'm
confused. I've been told by our Network Admin that you can't rename a locked
dll, as it's the same as deleting it. Yet I've just proved I can do
it!
I
went into a DLL (policy maintenance) and started flicking round subforms, then
renamed the dll while still in it, and did some updating in the policy screen,
then exited policy maint without a problem. When I tried deleting the renamed
file (while the dll was running - under the old name?), it said there was a
sharing violation and wouldn't let me. So it knew I'd renamed a locked
file. The network guy tells me the server I'm doing this on is NT4 - and he
says what I'm doing CAN'T be done!
Jason, in regard to renaming a locked folder, if you don't find a
Windows call to determine if your folder is locked (and I assume there must be
one), then you could always make a copy of the folder with your new name, then
try deleting the original folder. If deleting the original works, then fine,
if not, then something's using it, in which case you could delete the copy you
made and thereby know you shouldn't rename it. Convoluted way of doing it -
better if you can find the Windows call.
Dave
Do
you perchance have Windows 2000? I have found on Win2k you can usually
get away with renaming a file that someone else is using. This is
apparently not possible but works most of the time
anyway.
Steve
FYI...this morning I had a DLL locked, which I wanted to delete. It
wouldn't let me, so I renamed it successfully - even though locked. Not
sure if that was because of my rights or whether renaming a locked file
always works?
Dave
Had a look after you posted last week, but couldn't find much,
I'm afraid.
Will the OS not prevent you from renaming if files are
open/locked? If so, why not just try the rename and catch any
exceptions?
Cheers,
Conor
Hi all,
I am trying to write some
code that will rename a folder, but I need to know whether I can, ie
no files are open or locked by another process, user etc. So I need to
know the quickest and easiest method for finding out whether its OK or
not to rename the folder.
Does anyone have any
suggestions?
Jason
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