*nix discovery

donkey42 · 09-05-2008, 08:47 PM

this may not seem very substantial but it really is:

basically i was working on a file with a program & accidentally i renamed the output file while doing some partitioning at the same time & the output file size continued increase (surprisingly)

*nix seems to have an internal database for ongoing tasks and the output filename of a process in operation is contained within a database field & if you change a field (filename) it will only change the field in the database and not the actual filename like Windoze, but the renamed file retains the filename it was last changed to by extracting it from the database

this alone is worth moving from Windoze

is my interpretation correct ?

Addis · 10-05-2008, 12:47 PM

Let me get this straight. You opened a file in an application, renamed the file and the application continued to work on the file correctly?

The explanation would be that the program uses a file pointer to an inode on the file system, and renaming the file does not change the inode so the pointer continues to be valid.

donkey42 · 10-05-2008, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Addis

Let me get this straight. You opened a file in an application, renamed the file and the application continued to work on the file correctly?

no, i was legally backing up a badly scratched DVD, because it will fail soon & the output file of Acidrip was accidentally renamed by me, but, the new file / filename size was still increasing after the file was renamed

BTW: i wait until a DVD is badly scratched & still works until i back it up, & when the scratched DVD fails i destroy the original DVD before i write the backup to a disc

Off Topic:

:halo:

Addis · 10-05-2008, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by donkey42

no, i was legally backing up a badly scratched DVD, because it will fail soon & the output file of Acidrip was accidentally renamed by me, but, the new file / filename size was still increasing after the file was renamed

BTW: i wait until a DVD is badly scratched & still works until i back it up, & when the scratched DVD fails i destroy the original DVD before i write the backup to a disc

Off Topic:

:halo:

No matter, that's basically the same thing as what I was describing. I think this would also happen in Windows.

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donkey42 Paranoid Geeky Geek Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 34 Male Posts: 5,831 Times Helpful: 309 My Mood: Paranoid Status: Offline My Computer	nix discovery this may not seem very substantial but it really is: basically i was working on a file with a program & accidentally i renamed the output file while doing some partitioning at the same time & the output file size continued increase (surprisingly) nix seems to have an internal database for ongoing tasks and the output filename of a process in operation is contained within a database field & if you change a field (filename) it will only change the field in the database and not the actual filename like Windoze, but the renamed file retains the filename it was last changed to by extracting it from the database this alone is worth moving from Windoze is my interpretation correct ? __________________ GRUB manual \| Google Linux \| Distrowatch \| Linux Chix \| Kubuntu \| My Mini City

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Addis The King Join Date: Jan 2004 Age: 18 Male Posts: 5,255 Times Helpful: 403 My Mood: Drunk Status: Offline My Computer	Let me get this straight. You opened a file in an application, renamed the file and the application continued to work on the file correctly? The explanation would be that the program uses a file pointer to an inode on the file system, and renaming the file does not change the inode so the pointer continues to be valid. __________________ Never trust a program you don't have the source code for. My website \| Powerful Desktop Linux \| Linux for human beings \| Linux for power users \| Linux for ricers

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