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Re: Linux Technology

From Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: Linux Technology
Date 2016-04-28 04:56 +0200
Organization albasani.net
Message-ID <20160428045611.49ea1294@maxa-pc> (permalink)
References <dodb7oF9pplU2@mid.individual.net> <D346C7EC.712CE%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>

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On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 19:47:56 -0700
Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:

> On 4/27/16, 7:35 PM, in article dodb7oF9pplU2@mid.individual.net,
> "vallor" <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote:
> 
> > I miss the files in /proc/X/fd being hard links to the files they
> > refer to, instead of symlinks.
> > 
> > In the old days, they were hard links, so you could rescue a file
> > that had been deleted, just as long as a process still had the file
> > open.
> > 
> > Still, /proc/X/fd is a handy feature to have, whether accessed from
> > the command line or the gui.  
> 
> Not familiar with this. Can you give an example of how you might use
> it?
> 
> 

This is useful when referring file that changed name/moved under the
hood. That is to find out new name...
This information is lost when closing fd.
On OSX one can refer file by inode (.vol filesystem), though, which is
much more powerful.

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Linux Technology vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2016-04-28 02:35 +0000
  Re: Linux Technology Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-04-27 19:47 -0700
    Re: Linux Technology Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-04-28 04:56 +0200
      Re: Linux Technology Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-04-27 20:04 -0700
        Re: Linux Technology Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-04-28 05:12 +0200
          Re: Linux Technology Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-04-27 20:43 -0700
            Re: Linux Technology Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-28 09:59 +0000
      Re: Linux Technology Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-28 09:33 +0000
        Re: Linux Technology Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-04-28 04:15 -0700
          Re: Linux Technology Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-04-28 13:50 +0200
            Re: Linux Technology Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-04-28 16:20 +0100
              Shut up rodent, Tricks are for Kids, NOT rabbits John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-04-28 12:31 -0700
              Re: Linux Technology Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-04-28 23:16 +0200
                Re: Linux Technology Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-04-28 15:58 -0700
                Re: Linux Technology Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-04-29 09:30 +0200
                Re: Linux Technology Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-04-29 10:24 +0100
                Re: Linux Technology Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-04-29 13:25 +0200
                Re: Linux Technology GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-04-29 17:06 -0600
                Re: Linux Technology Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-04-30 02:14 +0200
                Re: Linux Technology Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-04-30 02:28 +0200
                Re: Linux Technology Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-04-30 02:58 +0200
                Re: Linux Technology Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-04-30 03:15 +0200
                Re: Linux Technology Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-04-30 03:37 +0200
                Re: Linux Technology Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-04-30 04:00 +0200
                Re: Linux Technology Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-04-30 04:39 +0200
                Re: Linux Technology meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-30 13:29 +0000
                Re: Linux Technology Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-04-30 15:51 +0200
                Re: Linux Technology meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-30 14:10 +0000
                Re: Linux Technology Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-04-30 09:47 -0700
                Re: Linux Technology Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-04-29 18:34 -0700
                Re: Linux Technology GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-04-30 17:21 -0600
                Re: Linux Technology GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-04-30 17:23 -0600
                Re: Linux Technology Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-04-30 19:33 -0700
                Re: Linux Technology DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-29 09:20 -0400
                Re: Linux Technology Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-04-29 15:44 +0200
                Re: Linux Technology Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-04-29 08:32 -0700
                Re: Linux Technology DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-29 12:07 -0400
                Re: Linux Technology Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-04-29 09:13 -0700
                Re: Linux Technology Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-04-29 18:50 +0200
                Re: Linux Technology DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-29 13:41 -0400
                Re: Linux Technology Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-04-29 18:24 +0200
                Re: Linux Technology Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-29 22:09 +0000
                Re: Linux Technology DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-29 18:58 -0400
                Re: Linux Technology Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-29 23:26 +0000
                Re: Linux Technology Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-04-29 10:40 -0700
                Re: Linux Technology Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-04-29 22:51 +0200
                Re: Linux Technology DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-01 16:11 -0400
                Re: Linux Technology Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-05-02 00:07 +0200
            Re: Linux Technology DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-18 17:01 -0400
              Re: Linux Technology Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-05-18 23:30 +0200
                Re: Linux Technology DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-28 10:10 -0400
                Re: Linux Technology JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2016-06-01 22:00 -0500
                Re: Linux Technology DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-06-02 00:02 -0400
                Re: Linux Technology Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-06-01 21:28 -0700
                Re: Linux Technology Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 10:29 -0700
  Re: Linux Technology Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-04-28 05:07 +0200
    Re: Linux Technology vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2016-04-28 03:33 +0000
  Re: Linux Technology vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2016-04-28 03:13 +0000
    Re: Linux Technology Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-04-27 20:42 -0700
  Re: Linux Technology John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-04-28 02:42 -0700
  Re: Linux Technology John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-04-28 02:43 -0700

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