On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 21:38 -0500, Aaron Kulkis wrote: > This functionality is actually used by some programmers -- > they will open() a new file in /tmp (which creates a pathname > /tmp/somefilename), then they remove the file (while still > having the open file handle). This effectively hides the > file from practically everything on the system -- it's a > way of preventing a tmp file from accidentally being > corrupted by ANY other processs (other than a super-user > process writing out in kernal memory).
As does the tmpfile(3) call. Very handy feature for not leaving garbage files around the place when a program exits in an unexpected fashion. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Kapellgränd 7 P.O. Box 4205 SE-102 65 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
