File needs to be closed on Windows but not on Posix, bug?

[Regan Heath via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Mon, 07 Jul 2014 12:17:34 +0100, Joakim <dlang at joakim.airpost.net>  
wrote:

> On Monday, 7 July 2014 at 10:19:01 UTC, Kagamin wrote:
>> See if stdio allows you to specify delete sharing when opening the file.
>
> I don't know what delete sharing is exactly, but the File constructor  
> simply calls fopen and I don't see any option for the Windows fopen that  
> seems to do it:
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/yeby3zcb.aspx

The fopen variant that allows you to specify sharing is:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8f30b0db.aspx

But it does not mention delete sharing there.

CreateFile allows sharing to be specified for delete however:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/windows/desktop/aa363858(v=vs.85).aspx

So... you could:
  - Call CreateFile giving you a "handle"
  - Call _open_osfhandle to get a "file descriptor"
  - Call _fdopen on the file descriptor to get a FILE* for it

But!  I agree with Adam, leave it as a thin wrapper.  Being a windows  
programmer by trade I would expect the remove to fail, I would not expect  
all my files to be opened with delete sharing enabled by default.

R

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