Sometimes Windows keeps a lock on the file when you get a "preview" image in explorer. These can even happen with Text. It especially happens with MP3 files (the preview is a minature media player). Try setting explorer to "classic" and see if this problem goes away. Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason DeStefano" <destef at destef.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 10:44 AM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Text file busy? > type "smbstatus" and see if the file is open. Samba likes to keep > its grubby hands on files even if they are no longer in use. I use > samba to map a drive and use a windows text editor to write C > code. Then i flip over to a telnet session and do the compile. Never > had the problem you are describing while coding. I have noticed that > if you delete a file that is open by smb the file will disappear but > you will not get the drive space freed up. Once smb decides to > release the file (could be days later) the space is then unallocated > on the HD. Wierd way to do it in my opionion. > > The only time ive ever gotten the text file busy msg is when Im > running a program (or the system might be running it via cron or > something) and i try to write over the file with a new one (like > during a compile). > > This prolly isnt much help though. > > btw, im using all stock rh7.0 files. > > Jason > > > At 01:47 AM 4/22/01 -0500, you wrote: > > Hi, > > > >Ok, what the HELL. > > > >Sometimes, when my wife's accessing a cgi script through samba to edit it, > >you can't run it anymore. Trying to run it results in a "Text file busy" > >error. > > > >Even when she quits the editor (verified with xemacs/win32 and homesite), > >the cgi can STILL not be run. The only way I found to fix it is rename the > >CGI and copy it over ot it's old name. > > > >Anyone? > > > > > >-Yaron > > > >-- > > > >_______________________________________________ > >tclug-list mailing list > >tclug-list at mn-linux.org > >https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >