C / C++ / MFC

HANDLE GetMutex()<br />
{<br />
   CString Key = m_FileName; // Your Filename!<br />
   Key.Replace('\\', '_');<br />
<br />
   HANDLE hMutex = ::OpenMutex(SYNCHRONIZE, TRUE, Key);<br />
<br />
   if (!hMutex) {<br />
      SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES sa;<br />
<br />
      sa.nLength              = sizeof(sa);<br />
      sa.lpSecurityDescriptor = NULL;<br />
      sa.bInheritHandle       = TRUE;<br />
<br />
      hMutex = ::CreateMutex(&sa, FALSE, Key);<br />
   }<br />
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   return hMutex;<br />
}

char *string;
string = new char[20];
delete [] string;

// not using delete
char *tString = "this is a test; // is it nessacery to delete this pointers memory??

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Programm3r wrote:

So can I assume that that one only free's a block of memory when the new operator was used.
i.e.

Programm3r wrote:

char *tString = "this is a test; // is it nessacery to delete this pointers memory??