> That breaks one of the main uses, creating with open a temporary file
> in /tmp, unlinking it, then later hooking it up somewhere else in the
> filesystem.
I wouldn't rely on this functionality, not all filesystems might like it
to have to recreate a deleted fs entry. Most filesystems should be able to
do this, but all fs drivers have to be checked, that they do the right
thing.
bye, Roman
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