closing a file

[SB]

Hi

Is there a command line I can use to close a file on the server and opened
by users ?

Thanks

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi

Is there a command line I can use to close a file on the server and opened
by users ?

Thanks

No. Files are kept in an open condition by applications because they
are in an undefined state. If you close them forcibly (e.g. by a server
reboot) then you get exactly this: an undefined state, with some data
blocks updated, others half updated and others not at all updated.
You could remotely reboot the problem machines - many (but not all!)
applications will close their data files when the application itself is
forcibly closed.

 

[Jason Stanley]

You can use the command pskill from sysinternals to close an open file.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

pskill will not close an open file as such; it will forcibly close
a running process. Any file previously open under this process
would then be in an undefined condition. It could be OK, or
it could be terminally flawed.

 

[Jason Stanley]

Sorry I wrote the wrong file down. The command is called PSFile.exe from
sysinternals. It does work well. I use it all the time.

Jason