Re: Who clears /tmp regularly -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Who clears /tmp regularly
From: Patrik Schindler <poc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 10:48:58 +0100
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Hello Roger,

Am 27.02.2024 um 22:28 schrieb Roger Harman <roger.harman@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

Wow. I'd be leery of wiping out a file that was needed by some active job.

On UNIX, you can easily remove a link to a file despite it being used. Space on disk isn't freed until all file handles referencing the file are closed. I assume PASE emulating AIX works in a similar way.

If you use such a file to pass data between individual applications, this will not work, indeed. But then, the sysadmin should know what's going on on his machine? ;-)

:wq! PoC

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