Messages in this thread | | | From | Giuseppe Bilotta <> | Subject | 'Undeleting' an open file | Date | Fri, 7 Oct 2005 16:14:27 +0200 |
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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?
-- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta
"I weep for our generation" -- Charlie Brown
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