how to get parent process information

[riyrse]

Hi Friends,
I want to delete all the files in the given directory, i did that.
But while deleting some files it shows error like 'This file is used by another program'. So i want to kill the process which holding this file..


I can get the parent ID if i know the child id or child name, but here I know only file name...If i get the parent process id i can kill that process and delete the file...

Give me the idea to get the parent id by giving file name or deleting the busy file

Please help me,

Thanks,
Riyas.B
Growing Developer

[fred100]

Jut enumerate the handles , get the pid and close remotely the handle

[riyrse]

How to enumerate handles?

If i enumerate all the handles, how can i identify the handle of the parent process?, here i know only the child file name

[HanneSThEGreaT]

I can think of 2 options.
The first option may be to use the MoveFileEx API with the MOVEFILE_DELAY_UNTIL_REBOOT Flag.

Another option, is outlined in the article ( yes, right here on CodeGuru ) :
http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/w-p/file...icle.php/c1287

But, I never could actually see the whole logic in deleting a file which is "currently busy" - what if it's a system file ¿

[piyush_soni]

Just use ProcExp (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896653.aspx) instead. It finds out which process is holding up your files/dlls - handles in general.

[carl666]

Just use ProcExp

No.
By programming.
You enumerate the handles and close the one you want from the matching PID