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From: rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler)
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Subject: Re: R4 Athena Widget question.
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Date: 1 Mar 90 23:33:41 GMT
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    Every UN*X system that I've used allows the programmer to create a
    file, and then unlink it from the file system.

This doesn't help for files that you *want* to stay around in the
event of a crash.