Re: Deleting a file which is in use

[Kiran Jonnalagadda <jace@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Arun Sharma wrote:

> If user A deletes the file and user B has the file open, the file continues
> to exist. It really gets deleted at the point when B closes it.
> 
> UNIX uses a reference counting + garbage collection mechanism to clean
> up deleted files.
> 
> If the app wants to avoid it, it can always use file locking to emulate
> NT behavior.

This is also the reason why you do not have to reboot Linux after
installing a new app, unlike NT (even 2000 still has this problem).

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