If the program has terminated, the file should not be locked, you should be able to delete it.

What I do is FCREATE files and check return value. If it is -1 file is still locked. If the program craps out and you restart, you should be able to FCREATE the file again.

PF

>I am accessing a file with FOPEN().
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>During development if there is an abnormal termination procedure cannot be run again because file is in use. How do I close that file if I no longer have the file handle?
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>Thanks,
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>Alex