From: Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Newbie Question About System Update Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 16:32:37 -0400
> Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bill Moran wrote: > > > The system can not replace programs that are in use, > > > > This is generally not the case. Unix lets you continue to access a file > > after > > it has been deleted, so long as the process hangs on to a file descriptor. > > This lets you replace programs in use, without running into the same > > problems > > that platforms like Windows have. > > What you say?: > > bash-2.05b$ su > Password: > bolivia# cp /usr/sbin/cron /home/wmoran/. > bolivia# cp /home/wmoran/cron /usr/sbin/. > cp: /usr/sbin/./cron: Text file busy > bolivia# mv /usr/sbin/cron /usr/sbin/cron- cp /blah/cron /usr/sbin/cron install does this behind the scenes. Warner _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
