From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jun 14 5:59:41 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from detlev.UUCP (tex-63.camalott.com [208.229.74.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFD58152DD for ; Mon, 14 Jun 1999 05:59:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joelh@gnu.org) Received: (from joelh@localhost) by detlev.UUCP (8.9.3/8.9.3) id HAA11950; Mon, 14 Jun 1999 07:59:53 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from joelh) To: Matthew Dillon Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vn swapfiles deleted while in use References: <86vhcr3bav.fsf@detlev.UUCP> <199906140701.AAA06746@apollo.backplane.com> From: Joel Ray Holveck Date: 14 Jun 1999 07:59:50 -0500 In-Reply-To: Matthew Dillon's message of "Mon, 14 Jun 1999 00:01:26 -0700 (PDT)" Message-ID: <861zff2b08.fsf@detlev.UUCP> Lines: 17 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/Emacs 20.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >> What, to the reckoning of the resident populace, would happen if >> somebody were to rm a vnconfig'd swapfile while it was in use? > The system still has a reference to the file, even deleted, > so all you would be doing would be removing its directory > entry. And what happens when the system is shut down? Would everything happen nicely then? Thanks, joelh -- Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org Fourth law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation - core dumped To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message