File Handles staying open after close.

[idoru]

OK I don't understand this one, what have I done wrong.

I'm creating a file like so:

$filehandle = "c:\flag.txt"     
$return_code = FileOpen($filehandle, 9)     
If $return_Code <> -1 Then UpdateLog("Created flag file")   
If $return_code = -1 Then       
UpdateLog("Error creating: flag.txt")       
Exit    
EndIf   
FileClose($filehandle)

this creates the file quite happily however I have another process which should delete the flag file but can't as the handle is still open. The other process is run as a runwait command from within the process which creates the flag.txt. ProcMon states that the file handle is still held open by the process which created even though I've closed it.

What gives?

[water]

You should use

FileClose($return_code)

to make it work.

Edited October 12, 2009 by water

[Inverted]

Yep, water is right.

This is very very bad :

$filehandle = "c:\flag.txt"

That variable is misnamed, it's not a handle, so it's confusing you. You should have named it something like $filename. The real handle is the return of the FileOpen

[Yashied]

FileOpen($filehandle, 9)

I am interested in a value 9 from this line. What it should do?

Read mode + Create directory structure - ???

[idoru]

FileOpen($filehandle, 9)

I am interested in a value 9 from this line. What it should do?

Read mode + Create directory structure - ???

Thanks all. Bloomin obvious when you step back from it.

Flag 9 should create directory structure and open to append.

[jvanegmond]

FileOpen($filehandle, 9)

I am interested in a value 9 from this line. What it should do?

Read mode + Create directory structure - ???

Read mode + Write Mode + Create directory structure

0 + 1 + 8