in reply to unlink fails to delete files with perculiar names


$ dir /b ~$
File Not Found

$ echo > "~$"

$ dir /b ~$
~$

$ perl -e " unlink '~$' or die $!"

$ dir /b ~$
File Not Found

$ notepad > "~$"

$ dir /b ~$
~$

$ perl -e " unlink '~$' or die $!"
Permission denied at -e line 1.

$ perl -e " unlink '~$' or die qq/ $! \n $^E / "
Permission denied
The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process at -e line 1.
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