Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 7 Apr 2003 14:31:11 +0200 (CEST) | From | Roman Zippel <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] new syscall: flink |
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Hi,
> That breaks one of the main uses, creating with open a temporary file > in /tmp, unlinking it, then later hooking it up somewhere else in the > filesystem.
I wouldn't rely on this functionality, not all filesystems might like it to have to recreate a deleted fs entry. Most filesystems should be able to do this, but all fs drivers have to be checked, that they do the right thing.
bye, Roman
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