win_updates - Improve file locking behaviour #494
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SUMMARY
Improve the file locking behaviour to allow the polling task to safely open a handle on the output status file. This changes the failure condition to log the failure message with a FILE_SHARE_READ handle allowing others to open a read handle to the same file at the same time.
Fixes: #490
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