On 06 July 2006 10:27, Alexander Skwar wrote: > Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > Yes. Open files are not overwritten, > > Uh? Open files *ARE* overwritten! That's Linux, not Windows or HP-UX!
No, open files are not overwritten. The new file with the same name (and path of course) is written to disk, true, but the old file still exists and the blocks it occupies on disk are not freed until the file is closed. Uwe -- Mark Twain: I rather decline two drinks than a German adjective. http://www.SysEx.com.na -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
