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> POSIX does not work this way.

Yes, it does. Windows is POSIX/FIPS-151

https://www.quora.com/Is-Windows-POSIX-compliant

It was, but the POSIX subsystem was removed.

In any case, I have never seen any way to coerce POSIX unlink() behavior on Windows.

'Broad software compatibility was initially achieved with support for several API "personalities", including Windows API, POSIX, and OS/2 APIs – the latter two were phased out starting with Windows XP.'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT

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