type "smbstatus" and see if the file is open. Samba likes to keep its grubby hands on files even if they are no longer in use. I use samba to map a drive and use a windows text editor to write C code. Then i flip over to a telnet session and do the compile. Never had the problem you are describing while coding. I have noticed that if you delete a file that is open by smb the file will disappear but you will not get the drive space freed up. Once smb decides to release the file (could be days later) the space is then unallocated on the HD. Wierd way to do it in my opionion. The only time ive ever gotten the text file busy msg is when Im running a program (or the system might be running it via cron or something) and i try to write over the file with a new one (like during a compile). This prolly isnt much help though. btw, im using all stock rh7.0 files. Jason At 01:47 AM 4/22/01 -0500, you wrote: > Hi, > >Ok, what the HELL. > >Sometimes, when my wife's accessing a cgi script through samba to edit it, >you can't run it anymore. Trying to run it results in a "Text file busy" >error. > >Even when she quits the editor (verified with xemacs/win32 and homesite), >the cgi can STILL not be run. The only way I found to fix it is rename the >CGI and copy it over ot it's old name. > >Anyone? > > >-Yaron > >-- > >_______________________________________________ >tclug-list mailing list >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >