| Ticket UUID: | 3006571 | ||
| Title: | error deleting: file already exists on Vista | ||
| Type: | Bug | Created on: | 2010-05-24 18:27:04 |
| Submitter: | pherricoxide | Assigned to: | jan.nijtmans |
| Subsystem: | 37. File System | Severity: | Minor |
| Priority: | 5 Medium | Last modified: | 2026-10-29 13:36:55 |
| Status: | Closed | Closed by: | jan.nijtmans |
| Resolution: | Fixed | Closed on: | 2026-10-29 13:36:55 |
| Version: | 8.6.18, 9.0.5, 9.1.0 | ||
| Description: | ||||
On 2 Windows Vista machines I've tried running file delete -force will sometimes return the error, "error deleting filename: file already exists". This doesn't really make any sense, since of course the file exists or I wouldn't be deleting it. Attached is a script to show the problem and result files from two Vista machines. This is using TCL ActiveState ActiveTcl 8.5.8.0.291595 threaded. | ||||
| User Comments: | ||||
pherricoxide added on 2010-05-25 01:27:05:
File Added - 375021: filedel.tcl pherricoxide added on 2010-05-25 01:28:15:
Result of script, Deleted C:/vvv Deleted C:/vvv error deleting "C:/vvv": file already exists error deleting "C:/vvv\foo": permission denied error deleting "C:/vvv\foo": permission denied Deleted C:/vvv Deleted C:/vvv error deleting "C:/vvv": file already exists Deleted C:/vvv error deleting "C:/vvv": file already exists Deleted C:/vvv Deleted C:/vvv Deleted C:/vvv dunkfan added on 2010-09-03 16:56:44:
Also seen sporadically on Win7 64bit dual core machine. Tcl 8.5.5 threaded. gahr added on 2013-01-17 18:54:11:
I'm also seeing this on 8.6.0 threaded, on a cifs-mounted filesystem. Workaround here is to retry after several msec. serhiy.storchaka added on 2026-10-23 10:06:30:
Reproduced on 8.6, 9.0 and main under Wine, and on Windows 11 on an SMB share, when another process keeps a file in the tree open with FILE_SHARE_DELETE (as virus scanners and indexers do): the file is only marked for deletion, so removing its directory fails with ERROR_DIR_NOT_EMPTY, reported as "file already exists". Local NTFS on Windows 10 1903+ is not affected. Proposed fix in branch win-delete-retry-not-empty: retry removing the directory for up to about 1 s, as suggested in the comment above. Also the path in the error message now uses "/" only. jan.nijtmans added on 2026-10-29 13:36:55:
Fixed in [82967ff42a|trunk], core-9-0-branch and core.8.6.branch Many thanks! One closing '}' was placed wrong in your patch. Not a serious deal, but some compilers might still produce a warning on that .... spotted in time. | ||||
Attachments:
- filedel.tcl [download] added by pherricoxide on 2010-05-25 01:27:05. [details]