'Undeleting' an open file

From: Giuseppe Bilotta (bilotta78_at_hotpop.com)
Date: 10/07/05

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Date:	Fri, 7 Oct 2005 16:14:27 +0200

    On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 23:05:34 +0200 (CEST), Bodo Eggert wrote:

    > Files are deleted if the last reference is gone. If you play a music file
    > and unlink it while it's playing, it won't be deleted untill the player
    > closes the file, since an open filehandle is a reference.

    BTW, I've always wondered: is there a way to un-unlink such a file? 

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Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta
"I weep for our generation" -- Charlie Brown
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