HP3000-L Archives

October 2008, Week 2

HP3000-L@RAVEN.UTC.EDU
Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
Re: Changing UDCs when in use
From:
Duane Percox <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Duane Percox <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 8 Oct 2008 09:22:32 -0700
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (24 lines) 
Roy writes:

>Although the behaviour is undocumented, MPE's PURGELINK
>actually behaves like the posix rm, and will remove a file
>that is in use by appearing to PURGE it, but leaving the
>unlinked copy there for the existing Readers and Writers,
>until the last Reader exits it.

One caution with purgelink (which have we used since the early
days of its existence with positive results)...

We have had system failures or hangs when using purgelink against
SL's when being accessed by running programs.

We never tracked down the particular issue, but just stopped using
purgelink on SL files (which we have very little use for anyway)...

Otherwise a very nice and helpful command...

duane

* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, *
* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *

ATOM RSS1 RSS2