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Olaf van der Spek
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Tue Oct 19, 2004 12:27 am Post subject:
Why no Linux-like unlink behaviour of open files? |
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Hi,
I was just wondering, why does NTFS not use Linux-like unlink behaviour
of open files?
Are there any advantages to the NTFS way? |
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Andreas Nilsson
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Sun Oct 31, 2004 4:27 pm Post subject:
Re: Why no Linux-like unlink behaviour of open files? |
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"Olaf van der Spek" <Olaf@XCC.TMFWeb.NL> skrev i meddelandet
news:OdpkTDVtEHA.904@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
| Quote: | Hi,
I was just wondering, why does NTFS not use Linux-like unlink behaviour
of open files?
Are there any advantages to the NTFS way?
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The Windows NT has the advantage of letting the object manager (part of
os-kernel) to remove the file when the last reference of the file is closed.
This way, inherited file handles (to child processes) will have a consistent
way of accessing the file (the file won't simply dissapear when one process
marks the file as removed). |
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Olaf van der Spek
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Thu Nov 04, 2004 9:26 pm Post subject:
Re: Why no Linux-like unlink behaviour of open files? |
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Andreas Nilsson wrote:
| Quote: | "Olaf van der Spek" <Olaf@XCC.TMFWeb.NL> skrev i meddelandet
news:OdpkTDVtEHA.904@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
Hi,
I was just wondering, why does NTFS not use Linux-like unlink behaviour
of open files?
Are there any advantages to the NTFS way?
The Windows NT has the advantage of letting the object manager (part of
os-kernel) to remove the file when the last reference of the file is closed.
This way, inherited file handles (to child processes) will have a consistent
way of accessing the file (the file won't simply dissapear when one process
marks the file as removed).
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That's no advantage, as Linux behaves in the same way.
The disadvantage of NT is that an external process can't mark the handle
as 'delete on (last) close'. |
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