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From: "Niemann, Hartmut" <hartmut.niemann@siemens.com>
To: "users@subversion.apache.org" <users@subversion.apache.org>
Subject: Removing a directory gets stuck
Thread-Topic: Removing a directory gets stuck
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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 13:26:41 +0000
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Hello!

I use TortoiseSVN (1.9.3) on Windows 7 and observe the effect that deleting=
 (svn rm or move) a directory
about once in four attempts fails with something along "could not remove di=
rectory
because it was not empty".

I suspect that the virus scanner stands in the way, because when I look the=
 directory is empty, and
a cleanup process almost always succeeds.

Can the directory removal be made more robust (like: if it fails and should=
n't, just wait a second and retry,
and *then* complain) or be de-interlaced from the database operation, remov=
ing the entry in the
working copy, closing the database and after that issuing the remove and rm=
dir commands on the
file system?

Mit freundlichen Gr=FC=DFen
Dr. Hartmut Niemann

Siemens AG
MO MLT LM EN CCI 1
Werner-von-Siemens-Str. 67
91052 Erlangen, Deutschland
Tel.: +49 9131 7-34264
Fax: +49 9131 7-26254
mailto:hartmut.niemann@siemens.com

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft: Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Gerhard Cromme;=
 Vorstand: Joe Kaeser, Vorsitzender; Roland Busch, Lisa Davis, Klaus Helmri=
ch, Janina Kugel, Siegfried Russwurm, Ralf P. Thomas; Sitz der Gesellschaft=
: Berlin und M=FCnchen, Deutschland; Registergericht: Berlin Charlottenburg=
, HRB 12300, M=FCnchen, HRB 6684; WEEE-Reg.-Nr. DE 23691322

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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Hello!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">I use TortoiseSVN (1.9.3) on Wi=
ndows 7 and observe the effect that deleting (svn rm or move) a directory<o=
:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">about once in four attempts fai=
ls with something along &#8220;could not remove directory<o:p></o:p></span>=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">because it was not empty&#8221;=
.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">I suspect that the virus scanne=
r stands in the way, because when I look the directory is empty, and<o:p></=
o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">a cleanup process almost always=
 succeeds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">Can the directory removal be ma=
de more robust (like: if it fails and shouldn&#8217;t, just wait a second a=
nd retry,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">and *then* complain) or be de-i=
nterlaced from the database operation, removing the entry in the
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">working copy, closing the datab=
ase and after that issuing the remove and rmdir commands on the<o:p></o:p><=
/span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">file system?<o:p></o:p></span><=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Ar=
ial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Mit freundlichen Gr=FC=DFen<br>
Dr. Hartmut Niemann<br>
<br>
Siemens AG<br>
MO MLT LM EN CCI 1<br>
Werner-von-Siemens-Str. 67<br>
91052 Erlangen, Deutschland<br>
Tel.: &#43;49 9131 7-34264<br>
Fax: &#43;49 9131 7-26254<br>
<a href=3D"mailto:hartmut.niemann@siemens.com"><span style=3D"color:blue">m=
ailto:hartmut.niemann@siemens.com</span></a><br>
<br>
</span><span style=3D"font-size:8.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;s=
ans-serif&quot;">Siemens Aktiengesellschaft: Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats=
: Gerhard Cromme; Vorstand: Joe Kaeser, Vorsitzender; Roland Busch, Lisa Da=
vis, Klaus Helmrich, Janina Kugel, Siegfried Russwurm,
 Ralf P. Thomas; Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin und M=FCnchen, Deutschland; =
Registergericht: Berlin Charlottenburg, HRB 12300, M=FCnchen, HRB 6684; WEE=
E-Reg.-Nr. DE 23691322</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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