Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 6 Sep 2004 10:58:19 +0200 | From | Tonnerre <> | Subject | Re: The argument for fs assistance in handling archives |
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Salut,
On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 04:01:17PM +0200, Spam wrote: > >> mount -t tarfs /some/place/on/disk/foo.tar.gz /mnt/tar > >> cp /var/tmp/img.gif . > >> umount /mnt/tar > > > Oops! Someone did a rm /some/place/on/disk/foo.tar.gz between steps > > one and two. Now what happens? Please define those semantics... > > Uhm, can you delete a file (loop) that is mounted?
"Text file busy"
But for files this isn't true.
Currently, we have another method assuring data coherency: we remove the inode only when the last reference goes away.
Tonnerre
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