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Moving a file while it's in use -- How does it work?

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Mar 15, 202618090 views
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I've noticed that on non-Windows OS.... ie Linux/Mac I can do things like: Send a zip to a friend over aim Delete the file while it's in transfer And the transfer does not fail. Or, I can do operations like.. start a movie erase the file the movie still plays to completion (read from disk, not just…

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The directory entry is just a pointer to an inode. The inode contains the meta-information about the file (other than the name), and pointers to the file's data (if any). When you start to copy a file you get a handle to the inode. The operating sys…

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