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From: ianj@sequent.UUCP (Ian Johnstone)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent
Subject: Re: binary remove
Message-ID: <38439@sequent.UUCP>
Date: 11 Jul 90 20:44:01 GMT
References: <5063@ethz.UUCP>
Reply-To: ianj@crg2.UUCP (Ian Johnstone)
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
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In article <5063@ethz.UUCP> ruehl@ethz.UUCP (Roland Ruehl) writes:
>
>Does anybody know if a running program on the Symmetry may crash
>because (while it is running) the binary is removed from the disk ? Can
>I prevent a program crash by restoring the binary at the place where it
>was started and afterwards removed ?
>

Removing the file doesn't release space until the last reference to
the file is removed.  Mapping a file (eg, by executing it as a binary)
holds a reference to the file.  Therefore no 'crash' can occur.
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Ian Johnstone				uunet!sequent!ianj
Sequent Computer Systems		503-626-5700
Beaverton, Oregon