On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Ted Gervais wrote:
>
> That is what I thought; files in /proc dir are virtual files and do not
> occupy any real disk space. However, when I copied that file over to
> another directory I saw that it indeed was 134 megs large? HOw is that
> possible.
>
was the other directory on the same fs/partition as / ? if so, I
don't think copying actually writes a new file but simply adds a
new link, or increases the link count by one.
so, here is a real basic question maybe a lot of newbies have: what
really happens when we copy a file in linux within the same
partition?
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