Re: 'Undeleting' an open file

From: Bernd Petrovitsch
Date: Fri Oct 07 2005 - 10:52:17 EST


On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 17:14 +0200, Alex Riesen wrote:
> On 10/7/05, Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@xxxxxxxxx> 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.

Yup.
<anal>But then it is not un-unlinking and you get another file.</anal>

Bernd
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