Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 21 Jan 2002 11:21:30 +0200 | From | Ville Herva <> | Subject | Re: rm-ing files with open file descriptors |
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On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 10:06:57AM +0100, you [Horst von Brand] claimed: > > There are filesystems around (MSDOS, VFAT) that haven't got fixed inode > numbers for files. There are networked filesystems where this would need > radical changes to the server side. Some even make up inode numbers on the > fly IIRC.
True.
> If in dire need, you could hack something together for <favorite > filesystem> by groveling over the disk image. e2fsprogs' libraries should > come handy...
Well, I'll have to come up with the dire need first - or any need indeed :). Just playing around with the idea.
IIRC, Stephen Tweedie had made such a patch for ext2.
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