clean.bat: cannot delete go.exe because it is in use #6179
Description
by atkaaz:
Before filing a bug, please check whether it has been fixed since the latest release. Search the issue tracker and check that you're running the latest version of Go: Run "go version" and compare against http://golang.org/doc/devel/release.html If a newer version of Go exists, install it and retry what you did to reproduce the problem. Thanks. What steps will reproduce the problem? If possible, include a link to a program on play.golang.org. 1. clone the repo in a folder 2. set GOROOT and PATH to this folder, set GOPATH to your workspace... 3. compile Go: cd thatfolder cd src make.bat 4. attempt to clean: clean.bat What is the expected output? no output What do you see instead? Sun 08/18/2013 1:56:35.84 s:\workspace.go.2013\go64\src>clean go clean: remove c:\go\bin\go.exe: Access is denied. (note that in my case here, C:\go\ is a symlink folder pointing to s:\workspace.go.2013\go64\ ) Which compiler are you using (5g, 6g, 8g, gccgo)? I don't know what this means at this time Which operating system are you using? Windows 7 64bit Which version are you using? (run 'go version') go version devel +6d2a2628859d Sat Aug 17 13:40:55 2013 +0900 windows/amd64 Please provide any additional information below. this line: http://code.google.com/p/go/source/browse/src/clean.bat#21 Sat 08/17/2013 16:01:53.39 s:\workspace.go.2013\go64\src>clean go clean: remove c:\go\bin\go.exe: Access is denied. I have a feeling that this would work on linux though, because maybe only windows is locking inuse .exe-s side note: first asked about this on ML here: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/golang-nuts/q0-8L5y1oHg/daNPRCGk8AQJ