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#500
Originally Posted by xerxes2 View Post
Hmm, should perhaps check what happens if you remove the currrently played file too ...

Edit: If you remove the currently played file it just keeps on playing it so that's good.
Ah, thanks for fixing!
Unable to check at the moment. But I will believe you.

Your observation is fine for Linux systems. The ext3 File system deletes open files completely as soon as the last application has closed the file. If a application is accessing a file while you delete it, only the entry at the directory table is getting deleted and the file itself is on the waiting list. Other applications are unable to find the file. So it seems that the file is already gone. In the moment the application closes the file the file gets completely deleted and no second before.

At windows it is different. You're simply unable to delete opened files. You got a error message. And if you don't get a error message the accessing application will crash. (but this works very well since Windows XP)

Please correct me if my own observation and comparsion between Windows and Linux is wrong. It's how it feels here at my experience. And English is not my native language so it's hard for me to describe.

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Last edited by Helmuth; 2011-04-05 at 19:48.