Subj : Accessing Windows File Table
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Steven <steven@dicorp.com>
Date : Fri Sep 05 2003 06:23 pm

Hello All,

My Problem:
I go to run a program, and it terminates abnormally, and it leaves open 
file handles on my computer.  Therefore I am unable to delete these 
these files that were left by the program.  In order to close the files, 
I must restart my computer.  The problem exists at the part where I am 
unable to delete the files.  This prevents me from running the program 
again, bc it cannot create the files that it left open during the first 
run.  I know the ideal thing would be to fix the original program and 
use try .. catches to prevent abnormal program termination.  However, I 
do not have direct access to the original program source code.

How I would like to solve it:
Write a program (in Borland C++ 5.02) that I send in a file name, it 
then looks up the file name in what I guess would be the windows file 
table, and then releases the file handle, and deletes the file.

Any suggestions on where to start looking, or what I would need to know 
to do this would be great.


Thanks,
Steve

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