Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 'Undeleting' an open file | From | Bernd Petrovitsch <> | Date | Fri, 07 Oct 2005 16:25:40 +0200 |
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On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 16:14 +0200, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: > On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 23:05:34 +0200 (CEST), Bodo Eggert wrote: > > > Files are deleted if the last reference is gone. If you play a music file > > and unlink it while it's playing, it won't be deleted untill the player > > closes the file, since an open filehandle is a reference. > > BTW, I've always wondered: is there a way to un-unlink such a file?
Legally not. You could turn off the power and do a fsck on a not-journalling filesystem. But even then it is not sure ...
Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services
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