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From: Giuseppe Bilotta <bilotta78@hotpop.com>
Subject: Re: 'Undeleting' an open file
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 19:25:21 +0200
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On Fri, 7 Oct 2005 14:30:37 +0000 (UTC), Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:

> In article <8qo997np4h6n.1ihs13ptrx2y2.dlg@40tude.net>,
> Giuseppe Bilotta  <bilotta78@hotpop.com> 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?
> 
> Around 2.4.15 we had the same discussion here - see for example
> http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0201.2/0881.html
> (but be sure to read the whole thread).

A very interesting read, thank you for the link.

-- 
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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