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Date:      Mon, 6 Mar 95 10:07:16 MST
From:      terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
To:        davidg@Root.COM
Cc:        phk@ref.tfs.com, jhay@mikom.csir.co.za, current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: "Text file busy" with program not running anymore?
Message-ID:  <9503061707.AA18314@cs.weber.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199503052133.NAA00248@corbin.Root.COM> from "David Greenman" at Mar 5, 95 01:33:08 pm

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>    No. Executed mapped files are a special case. I actually think that the
> "text file busy" thing is generally a hack that should just be removed. I can
> see no valid justification for preventing writes to executing files. If you
> really don't want your executing process(es) to die, then unlinking the file
> first is this the thing to do.

Deovercommitting the image, since it is possible, is the thing to do.

ENOMEM is the correct hack.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@cs.weber.edu
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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