Hi On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 8:09 PM, Paraneetharan Chandrasekaran <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > I created a file of 10 MB from /dev/zero using dd command. > Then i associated /dev/loop0 to that file using losetup command. Then > i created an ext2 filesystem above /dev/loop0 using mke2fs command. > Then i mounted the that loop device in a mount point. I entered the > monted directiry and created on file and entered some contents to that > file. Then i came out of the directory. Then i deleted the file i > associated. Then If i go inside the mounted directory, i was able > change the directory and the file was there with the contents i put. > > how is that possible when deleted the file itself inside which i > created the ext2 filesystem..? I was previously thinking that the VFS > reads from the file itself for files and directory info. is it not > like that..? I have even cleared the buffers after i deleted the > file(using sync).
Perhaps to make things clearer, could you show us step by step what commands you have executed? NB: usually i directly use mount -o loop instead of first associating a file with loop device then mount it. regards, Mulyadi. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
