On Fri, May 31, 2024 at 01:16:28PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, May 31, 2024 at 05:30:19PM +0100, mick.crane wrote: > > I only drag stuff in and out of the directory in Thunar. Dragging from the > > directory takes a copy. I wondered what would happen if somebody deleted a > > file while you were half way through fetching it. > > If you're copying a file, that means some process has the file opened. (that's what I meant with "the meaning of fetch". Is it the drag process by the user? Then the file is not yet open -- and nothing will be copied. Is it the actual copy? Then your description is the most accurate one) > Removing (unlinking) a file that's opened causes it to vanish from the > raw directory, but the inode and the blocks of data are left alone until > all processes have closed it. Only then will it be marked for recyling. > > You'll just have to hope that the (remote) copy succeeds on the first > try, because once the remote reader loses connection, if the file is > closed on the server, it's gone. Cheers -- t
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