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From: Duane Percox [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Fri 4/16/2004 5:26 PM
To: Landin, Mark; [log in to unmask]
Subject: RE: MPE on HP9000 ?
Mark Landin writes:
>>That's just an example of the UNIX mindset infecting MPE via
>>Posix. Deleting a file while someone else is reading it is
>>rude. Deleting it while they are writing to it is rude AND
>>dangerous. No self-respecting OS would allow it, but in
>>UNIX, it's advertised as a feature. Madness!
>I have to respectfully disagree. You are entitled to your
>opinion, but I think if you survey modern operating systems
>you will find more cases where you can delete a file while
>it is being used than not.
That doesn't make it *right*. And, right or wrong (however such things are judged), it's a good example of what kind of lobotomy MPE would have to go through before it could exist in a UNIX world.
>BTW, the file doesn't just 'disappear' while you are using it.
>It is removed from the directory after that last 'user' of the
>file closes it.
You dig your hole deeper. :) So now we can't even trust the directory ... it may or may not list files which are actively being used by processes.
I still fail to see why this kind of behavior is considered a "good thing".
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