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DateSat, 19 Jan 2002 18:53:42 +0100
FromMiquel van Smoorenburg <>
SubjectRe: rm-ing files with open file descriptors
According to Horst von Brand:
> > I now have a flink-test2.txt file. That is pretty cool ;)
> 
> This is a possible security risk: The unlinking program thinks the file is
> forever inaccessible, but it isn't...

Why. If you keep an fd open to it it's accessible anyway, and if
you like you can copy it to a new file. Or you could link(2) it
beforehand, etc etc

Mike.
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