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Originally Posted by robotortoise
Yeah, but isn't TF2 executing the command, so can't it know where it's located?
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No, the shell is executing it.
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Originally Posted by robotortoise
(I'm just throwing out hypotheticals here. I'm not attacking the plugin. If anything, I'm attacking TF2! Auto update should be built in!)
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Auto update
is built in... on Linux.
However, it's more difficult to do on Windows due to Windows automatically locking files. As wikipedia puts it:
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Originally Posted by Wikiepda: File locking
Any file that is executing on the computer system as a program (e.g., an EXE, COM, DLL, CPL or other binary program file format) is normally prevented by the file system from being opened for write or delete access, reporting a sharing violation, despite the fact that the program is not opened by any application. However, some access is still allowed. For example, a running application file can be renamed or copied (read) even when executing.
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While there are ways around this, Valve has chosen not to do them.
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