Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964870AbVJGOZ5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Oct 2005 10:25:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964875AbVJGOZ5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Oct 2005 10:25:57 -0400 Received: from ns.firmix.at ([62.141.48.66]:16800 "EHLO ns.firmix.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964870AbVJGOZ4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Oct 2005 10:25:56 -0400 Subject: Re: 'Undeleting' an open file From: Bernd Petrovitsch To: Giuseppe Bilotta Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <8qo997np4h6n.1ihs13ptrx2y2.dlg@40tude.net> References: <4TiWy-4HQ-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <4U0XH-3Gp-39@gated-at.bofh.it> <87k6gsjalu.fsf@amaterasu.srvr.nix> <4343E611.1000901@perkel.com> <20051005144441.GC8011@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <4343E7AC.6000607@perkel.com> <20051005153727.994c4709.fmalita@gmail.com> <43442D19.4050005@perkel.com> <8qo997np4h6n.1ihs13ptrx2y2.dlg@40tude.net> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Firmix Software GmbH Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 16:25:40 +0200 Message-Id: <1128695140.31606.50.camel@tara.firmix.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 966 Lines: 24 On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 16:14 +0200, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: > On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 23:05:34 +0200 (CEST), Bodo Eggert wrote: > > > Files are deleted if the last reference is gone. If you play a music file > > and unlink it while it's playing, it won't be deleted untill the player > > closes the file, since an open filehandle is a reference. > > BTW, I've always wondered: is there a way to un-unlink such a file? Legally not. You could turn off the power and do a fsck on a not-journalling filesystem. But even then it is not sure ... Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/