On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 11:56, Vikash Kumar <vikashskumar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > AFAIK Linux removes the directory entry and reduces the reference count of > Inode of a running process and rm is successful. So, you can't see it in the > file system anymore. However as the program is still running the inode > reference count is still not zero and so the Inode and hence file is > actually not deleted yet. When the program will terminate, Inode ref count > will drop to zero and in that case the Inode and file will be freed. > "The design of Unix Operating System" by Maurice J. Bach It covers these > basic design principles in good detail. Thanks people...you put valuable feedback to me. It's good to see I am around knowledgeable people :) As for the deletion case, I might do further research to see how the very recent Linux kernel behaves. Hopefully, if the time permits... -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
