Plugin files cannot be overwritten?

It seems that with the latest version of CraftBukkit, it is not possible to overwrite plugins in the /plugins directory (in windows at least).

This makes it much more annoying to test out plugins. Currently I copy/overwrite with the updated .jar and use reload.

It locks the file even if the plugin fails to load.

 

Looks like the file is still open, which for unknown reasons is a big problem for Windows, whoever in MS made the architecture this way should hang for it...

 

Solution: get linux.

 

Real Constructive way to help out.. /sarcasm..

Open task manager if you have acces, sometimes ewen after you close server
it runs in background as JAW or JAVA.

 

Finally I'm not the one who has to be hard on the OP

Sometimes it just works renaming the file and then deleting afterwards, but that doesn't really change the issue here, that craftbukkit leaves the plugins open...

 

That isn't an unreasonable decision. You open the file and it write locks it.

You close it and it releases the lock. It is like thread syncing.

This means that you don't have to worry about someone editing the file while you read/write it.

Anyway, I looked at the changes, and can't see what change it cause it to be left open.

 

There is exlusive open for write locking, no need to enforce it.
Also the main problem is you cannot DELETE open files, which is why he should hang.

 

I want to be able to just overwrite the file. It used to work with previous versions of craftbukkit.
--- merged: Feb 20, 2011 4:32 PM ---
Hmm, seems it works again now, not sure what the issue was.

Cygwin is able to overwrite the files again.

 

It's a java issue.