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From: jmaynard@thesis1.hsch.utexas.edu (Jay Maynard)
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Subject: Re: Protection from "rm *"
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Date: 16 Oct 90 20:41:59 GMT
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In article <4195@auspex.auspex.com> guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) writes:
>>Well you can't do that on SysV type systems.  You will get an error message
>>with "Text file busy".
>With any luck, that botch is fixed in S5R4.

OK...I give up. Why is not being able to remove a program in use a botch?


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