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Subject'Undeleting' an open file
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On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 23:05:34 +0200 (CEST), Bodo Eggert wrote:

> Files are deleted if the last reference is gone. If you play a music file
> and unlink it while it's playing, it won't be deleted untill the player
> closes the file, since an open filehandle is a reference.

BTW, I've always wondered: is there a way to un-unlink such a file?

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Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

"I weep for our generation" -- Charlie Brown

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