commence Javier Gostling quotation: > On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 10:38:20AM +0200, paul_pot@nl.sonymusic.com wrote: > >> Don't know what happened, but after subsequent reboots to get the >> serial console on-line, making sure the output was sent to the >> serial device and logged properly, the file was deleted without any >> issue. > > If I had to bet, I would place my money on an open file issue. You > tried to delete the file, but were unable to because it was being > held open by another process. Linux (and Unix) doesn't work that way. Deleting (i.e. removing the last link to a file whose link count is 1) open files has always been a safe (and commonly-used) operation with a defined result: the link count drops to zero and the file's blocks and inodes are de-allocated when the last file-descriptor for that file is closed. Many programs use this feature to allocate temporary files that will be removed upon exit. -- / | [|] Sean Neakums | Questions are a burden to others; [|] <sneakums@zork.net> | answers a prison for oneself. \ |
