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From: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
To: Boris Pisarcik <boris@acheron.sk>
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Subject: Re: Is swap == 2 * RAM a permanent thing?
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On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, Boris Pisarcik wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 11:44:52PM -0300, Rik van Riel wrote:
> i cannot delete executable file when it's just run, but under linux
> i can delete /bin/bash without any problem. 

You can't delete it. You can unlink it, but the file itself remains
alive until the last reference goes away. mapping counts as reference.

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