> "Filesystem filesystems" on Plan 9 mimic Unix's "unlink, not delete"
> behaviour.
venti/fossil doesn't, and it's not a requirement.
h% file blimp
blimp: cannot open: 'blimp' file does not exist
h% echo still here >blimp
h% {sleep 10; cat}<blimp&
h% rm blimp
h% cat: error reading <stdin>: file has been removed
On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 at 20:42, Stuart Morrow <[email protected]> wrote:
> > When a file is removed in 9front using rm, I take it that it is
> altogether deleted and non-recoverable. In Linux one can sometimes use
> specialised tools to recover files removed with rm.
>
> It's not clear to me what exactly you're asking. The last sentence
> seems to narrow it down, but in fact doesn't, because you might be
> referring to the 'cat /proc/.../fd' method on a living process that
> still has the file.
>
> "Filesystem filesystems" on Plan 9 mimic Unix's "unlink, not delete"
> behaviour.
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