[DUG] Delete (File) Function ?

[John Bird]

I have come across similar problems on Windows Servers over the years in a
couple of cases:
 
1 - Data Files (non-database in this case)  that have been updated and
finished with and closed may remain open or in use as far as the Server
goes.   Sometimes this times out after a few minutes and the file does
become not in use.  Sometimes it has to be closed manually on the server
(Control panel/Administrative tools/Shared files/Open Files allows one to
manually browse and close an open connection).
 
Sometimes even more puzzling is a file remaining with a locked block (a file
open for shared read/write) long after the updates have finished.  Same
solution.
 
Incidentally I discovered There is a useful Windows command line variant of
the Administrative Tools GUI - 
 
OPENFILES /Disconnect /O Read/Write (+ other options)

but  haven't yet have had a chance to find out if that only deals with files
opened from this workstation or for any workstation or whether it can be
used from a workstation to close files on the server.
 
2 - Zip file archives that get deleted after a time (usually weeks after
created) sometimes fail to delete - using the same DeleteFile call as you
used.  I have not figured out yet why these fail to delete, but they are on
a Windows server again.
 
I am most interested to hear anyone shed light on this!

John

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