Hardlink Error: process in use
Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 9:38 pm
Hardlink Error: "process in use"
(Actually, "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.")
Note the "dctmp__".
I had a group with 66 dups.
Select all in the group, then specifically deselected the old & newest, leaving 64 marked.
Have always been leery of Hard Links (in Windows), but rather then outright deletion, figured I'd give it a shot.
Ah! It was me!
I had two of those files "open" in my file comparison program.
So when DC tried to set the links, it said, whoops, "in use".
And what it did, was to actually create the set of linked files, but named as "dctmp__stglyear.ARJ" rather then stglyear.ARJ.
Easy enough to deal with, but maybe there's some way to catch a situation like that?
(Sample:)
(Actually, "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.")
Note the "dctmp__".
I had a group with 66 dups.
Select all in the group, then specifically deselected the old & newest, leaving 64 marked.
Have always been leery of Hard Links (in Windows), but rather then outright deletion, figured I'd give it a shot.
Ah! It was me!
I had two of those files "open" in my file comparison program.
So when DC tried to set the links, it said, whoops, "in use".
And what it did, was to actually create the set of linked files, but named as "dctmp__stglyear.ARJ" rather then stglyear.ARJ.
Easy enough to deal with, but maybe there's some way to catch a situation like that?
(Sample:)
Code: Select all
Hardlink Error: C:\BIN\TAR\OLD\2009-0109\dctmp__stglyear.ARJ Locked: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
Hardlink Error: C:\BIN\TAR\OLD\2009-0325\dctmp__stglyear.ARJ Locked: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
Hardlink Error: C:\BIN\TAR\OLD\2009-0528\dctmp__stglyear.ARJ Locked: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
Hardlink Error: C:\BIN\TAR\OLD\2009-0704\dctmp__stglyear.ARJ Locked: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
Hardlink Error: C:\BIN\TAR\OLD\2009-0902\dctmp__stglyear.ARJ Locked: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.