From ea6ea9b2cc56d2244859d169f504bbe020527974 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: NextTurn <45985406+NextTurn@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] Remove content about renaming running executables --- doc/deferredFileOperations.md | 5 ----- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/deferredFileOperations.md b/doc/deferredFileOperations.md index d3d0999..f455503 100644 --- a/doc/deferredFileOperations.md +++ b/doc/deferredFileOperations.md @@ -19,9 +19,4 @@ example: c:\soft\sshd.exe.new>c:\bin\ssh.exe ``` -Note that it is apparently possible to [rename executables even when it's running](http://superuser.com/questions/488127/why-can-i-rename-a-running-executable-but-not-delete-it), which makes sense if you think about file handles. -Kohsuke has failed to find any authoritative source of information about this, but experimentally this even works on Windows XP and presumably on all the later Windows versions. -This behavior can be used to update *WinSW.exe* itself. -Also see `WINSW_EXECUTABLE` environment variable. - The `` element in the configuration file also provides an useful building block for a self updating service.