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Article #295Re: binary remove
From: Ian Johnstone
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 1990 20:44
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 1990 20:44
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In article <5063@ethz.UUCP> ruehl@ethz.UUCP (Roland Ruehl) writes: > >Does anybody know if a running program on the Symmetry may crash >because (while it is running) the binary is removed from the disk ? Can >I prevent a program crash by restoring the binary at the place where it >was started and afterwards removed ? > Removing the file doesn't release space until the last reference to the file is removed. Mapping a file (eg, by executing it as a binary) holds a reference to the file. Therefore no 'crash' can occur. -- Ian Johnstone uunet!sequent!ianj Sequent Computer Systems 503-626-5700 Beaverton, Oregon
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!sequent!ianj From: ianj@sequent.UUCP (Ian Johnstone) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent Subject: Re: binary remove Message-ID: <38439@sequent.UUCP> Date: 11 Jul 90 20:44:01 GMT References: <5063@ethz.UUCP> Reply-To: ianj@crg2.UUCP (Ian Johnstone) Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. Lines: 15