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    Subjectbehavior of overwriting running executables?
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    This is has always been an issue with linux kernels.

    If I write to a running program, I get "text file busy".

    I think sunos seamlessly moves the executable to an unnamed inode, leaving a reference to
    it while its running, then transparently does an unlink when its done.

    Opinions/comments?

    marty leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com
    Member of the League for Programming Freedom (http://www.lpf.org)
    Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic
    Arthur C. Clarke, The Lost Worlds of 2001


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