On Fri, 2017-09-08 at 18:06 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > One can delete a file, replace it, use it, and still have > some other existing process have no issues, whatsoever, screwing around with > the deleted file. We just witnessed something amazing, for just a brief > moment: two processes having the same filename open, with one reading the > new file, and the other one keeping its tenuous grasp on the old file, and > was able to continue reading it afterwards.
Of course. This is so fundamental to how Unix (and hence Linux) works that IMHO it's the most radical difference with Windows. The fact that you can delete or replace a file without affecting any process that has already opened it is a direct consequence of the separation between directory entries and inodes, which DOS-based systems and their successors do not have. poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
