From: Peter Szinek Date: 2007-02-04T06:30:19+09:00 Subject: Re: yet another linux <-> win32 question > Did you #close the file before you tried to delete it? Yep. This does not help... Here is a similar (or maybe) identical question (I did not find the answer to it): http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/123985 Peter __ http://www.rubyrailways.com