Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 7 Oct 2005 17:14:25 +0200 | From | Alex Riesen <> | Subject | Re: 'Undeleting' an open file |
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On 10/7/05, Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@firmix.at> 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? > > Access via /proc/PID/fd/* seems to work: > Did you try linking it? >
ln: creating hard link `testfile2' to `/proc/14282/fd/3': Invalid cross-device link Pity :) "cp" works, btw. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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