Deleting a file in use

Is there any way in powershell to delete a file which is in use?
I tried move and delete and that didnt work.. Am looking at something in Win
API like MOVEFILE_DELAY_UNTIL_REBOOT

If the file is locked open you won't be able to delete it from PowerShell
during that session
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"Ashish" wrote:

> Is there any way in powershell to delete a file which is in use?
> I tried move and delete and that didnt work.. Am looking at something in Win
> API like MOVEFILE_DELAY_UNTIL_REBOOT

Hi Ashish:

> Is there any way in powershell to delete a file which is in use?

You probably already know about it, but you might be interested in this
tool:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...pendmoves.mspx


Cheers,
Jason


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Oh, and this too, there was a thread on this earlier in this group:

http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/



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Jason


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i created a Pinvoke code which calls MoveFileEx API for the same...seems like
it isnt happy taking values of long type. any ideas what may have gone wrong?


$domain = [AppDomain]::CurrentDomain
$name = New-Object Reflection.AssemblyName 'TestAssembly'
$assembly = $domain.DefineDynamicAssembly($name, 'Run')
$module = $assembly.DefineDynamicModule('TestModule')
$type = $module.DefineType('TestType')


[Type[]]$parameterTypes = [string], [string], [int64]
$method = $type.DefineMethod("MoveFileeX", 'Public,Static,PinvokeImpl',
[bool], $parameterTypes)

$ctor = [Runtime.InteropServices.DllImportAttribute].GetConstructor([string])
$attr = New-Object Reflection.Emit.CustomAttributeBuilder $ctor, 'kernel32'
$method.SetCustomAttribute($attr)


$realType = $type.CreateType()
[object[]]$args = [string]'F:\\dll\\abc.dll', [string]$null, [int64]4
$realType.InvokeMember('MoveFileeX', 'Public,Static,InvokeMethod',
$null,$null, $args)

"RichS" wrote:

> If the file is locked open you won't be able to delete it from PowerShell
> during that session
> --
> Richard Siddaway
> Please note that all scripts are supplied "as is" and with no warranty
> Blog: http://richardsiddaway.spaces.live.com/
> PowerShell User Group: http://www.get-psuguk.org.uk
>
>
> "Ashish" wrote:
>
> > Is there any way in powershell to delete a file which is in use?
> > I tried move and delete and that didnt work.. Am looking at something in Win
> > API like MOVEFILE_DELAY_UNTIL_REBOOT