Why are these files still in use?

[mboswort]

Everything inside these four directories,
..\jboss-4.0.4.GA\server\default\work\,
..\jboss-4.0.4.GA\server\default\data\,
..\jboss-4.0.4.GA\server\default\log\,
and
..\jboss-4.0.4.GA\server\default\tmp\,
is somehow in use, despite the fact that jboss is not running. I can't update my jboss server if I can't overwrite it. I'm wondering what must be done to delete these files. And how is it possible that they are still in use?

[peterj]

Based on the file names, I am guessing that you are running on Windows. If so, get FileMon from SysInternals (http://www.sysinternals.org/) and run it, that should tell you what is using those files.

From personal experience, I ran into this situation in two ways: 1) my anti-virus software was scanning the files 2) a corporate-required "virus" that does software inventory had the files open.

[mboswort]

Er axlly it's on a unix based server. Although I can access the file system from windows.