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If there is a fifo (or also called "named pipe") in a project directory I can not remove it. For whatever reason the context menu entry "Delete" always stays gray. I can remove the file without any problems using the command line. But I would prefer not to switch away from NetBeans because of such a simple thing as removing a file...
I just tested NetBeans-6.0beta1 and the bug is still there.
If FIFO is opened for reading, the process will "block" until some other process opens it for writing and vice versa. Blocking NetBeans forever is serious problem - reported as Issue 44404. Fixed by not touching these files because these files are declared as readOnly - as side effect these files can't be deleted because on readonly files isn't enabled action delete. I don't plan to fix this issue - WONTFIX.
Disabling the "Delete" menu entry for read-only files denies reality. It is standard to remove read-only files. Try this on bash: $ > readonly $ chmod -w readonly $ rm -f readonly Therefore it should also be possible to delete read-only files without switching away from NetBeans.
moving opened issues from TM <= 6.1 to TM=Dev
Reassigning to new module owner jskrivanek.
Not easy to fix in current concept.
NetBeans.org Migration: changing resolution from LATER to WONTFIX