behavior of overwriting running executables?

Marty Leisner (leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com)
Wed, 15 May 1996 09:02:52 PDT


This is has always been an issue with linux kernels.

If I write to a running program, I get "text file busy".

I think sunos seamlessly moves the executable to an unnamed inode, leaving a reference to
it while its running, then transparently does an unlink when its done.

Opinions/comments?

marty leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com
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