Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 20:43:24 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <gcooper@FreeBSD.org> To: d@delphij.net Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Is it possible to have file removed upon process exit? Message-ID: <AANLkTina9qH5g_uSauCe2jNEatkOdfixCuRYi_yLswY2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4CEEC3BD.3080204@delphij.net> References: <4CEEC3BD.3080204@delphij.net>
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On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> One pretty common way of having an i-node of a file removed when process
> exit is to unlink() it while holding a descriptor of the file. =A0This
> approach, however, have a side effect that other processes would not be
> able to access the file via its name.
>
> For certain applications it is sometimes desirable to (e.g. for unix
> domain sockets) have file removed when the process quit, regardless
> whether the process is quit cleanly. =A0Is there a clean way to do this?
Does it have to be nameless and/or unique?
Thanks,
-Garrett
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