overwrite\delete\rename\anything busy file, how?

hi, i need to overwrite a busy file (file that is used at the curent moment), i saw programs to delete such files so i think it is possible, would appreciate any help

I would sincerely hope that you can't defeat the operating system's file locks. Why would you want to do that?

Obviously, an application that opens a file without sharing isn't written to tolerate the file's sudden disappearance or alteration. It may well crash the application.

In order to manage this, you'd have to operate on the disk from "under the hood" - outside the operating system (perhaps through SCSI commands directly on the controller), unless the OS has an open hole, which I would expect would be plugged.

If you did work at the controller level, you should expect errors that would crash the directory/partition of that drive - bugs you probably don't want to have to consider (the kind of thing that if you have to ask, you're not equipped to do it).

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Originally Posted by Owyn

hi, i need to overwrite a busy file (file that is used at the curent moment)

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There are reasons why the OS does noe allow you to do this. I leave it to you to tell us those reasons.

Regards,

Paul McKenzie

figured all out already ^^ *solved