Mulley, Nikhil wrote:
Hi All, I have a doubt here .. I have created a file and noted its inode number and then edited the file with vi, I am amused that inode entry got changed.
Now, I do not understand why this inode entries get changed with Vi but not cat , can any one please tell me why is it so..
Because you "edited" the file.
If you were to vi the file....and quit without changes/editing then the inode will not change. In the processing of editing vi actually makes a copy of the file and edits the copy until you quit. When you quit, I'm guessing you are using shift-zz, vi "moves" the copy in place of the original.
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