Incoming from Martin Dickopp: > Tim Otten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The other day, I did something really stupid. I started a download with > > BitTorrent, and, half-way through, deleted the file it was downloading. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ > echo This is a test. > t.txt > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ > tail -f t.txt > /dev/null & # keep file open > [1] 1334
[snip good example] However, that's just standard *nix filesystem behaviour. You can rm 'til the cows come home, but as long as one symlink to the data remains, the data remains as well. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
