Re: Win32 rename()/unlink() questions

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I don't think we are not going to be supporting Win9X so there isn't an
> issue there.  We will be supporting Win2000/NT/XP.
> 
> I don't understand FILE_SHARE_DELETE.  I read the description at:
> 
>     http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/base/createfile.asp
> 
> but I don't understand it:
> 
>     FILE_SHARE_DELETE - Windows NT/2000/XP: Subsequent open operations on
>     the object will succeed only if delete access is requested.

I think that's a rather poor description. I think it just means 
that if the file is opened once via CreateFile() with 
FILE_SHARE_DELETE, then any subsequent CreateFile() calls will 
fail unless they too have FILE_SHARE_DELETE. In other words, if 
one of us can delete this file while its open, any of us can.

Mike Mascari
mascarm@mascari.com