Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 16:58:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vn swapfiles deleted while in use Message-ID: <199906142358.QAA13101@apollo.backplane.com> References: <86vhcr3bav.fsf@detlev.UUCP> <199906140701.AAA06746@apollo.backplane.com> <861zff2b08.fsf@detlev.UUCP>
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: :>> 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 I have no idea. I seem to recall a bug report indicating that the system sometimes shutsdown unclean due to the VN mount maintaining its lock on the file. -Matt Matthew Dillon <dillon@backplane.com> :-- :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 : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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