Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 22 Jan 1997 18:44:28 -0200 (EDT) | From | Fabio Olive Leite <> | Subject | Re: Does linux locks swap file? |
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Hi!
> /proc/swaps could display the [device:inode] pair, no problem, but from > here to creating a new file using that pair, especially that the pair IS > STILL IN USE, is a long, hard, unportable and simply dain bramaged way to > go.
Ouch, that's true... But it's a kind of a "deadlock" in the kernel, right? Maybe the kernel functions need a little redefinitions...
> P.S. You could try to undelete the file, but even that is > filesystem-specific.
That's what I meant when I said "recreate" the file. :)
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