Hi Eryk, Awesome! Thank you very much for your detailed answer!!
Malcolm <snipped> Linux has the O_TMPFILE open() flag [1]. This creates an anonymous file that gets automatically deleted when the last open file descriptor is closed. If the file isn't opened O_EXCL, then you can make it permanent by linking it back into the filesystem. For example: ... </snipped> -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list