Re: deleting content of /tmp
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On 03/24/07 20:45, CaT wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 08:38:54PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>>> However, realize that some programs create a file /tmp and then promptly
>>> unlink it, thus causing the file to take up space even though it does
>>> not have a directory entry.
>> How's that?
>
> UNIX does not deallocate disk space until all opens are closed.
Sure, if there are {hard,soft} links on the file. What if it's a
no-links file?
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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