Re: Delete a file THAT big? Surely you are joking.

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From: Yossi Kreinin
Subject: Re: Delete a file THAT big? Surely you are joking.
Date: 17:42 on 18 Dec 2006

> 
>>>* Why didn't rm say they were open?
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>>I'm not sure it can know.
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>>>* And by which process, so I'd know if it's OK to kill it?
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>>As Martin said, lsof(8) and fuser(1) are your friends.
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> 
> So it can know if it wanted to - don't apologize for the software when
> you are supposing to be hating it!
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> 

Thanks. Exactly. Why aren't lsof(8) and fuser(1) the friends of rm(N)? And how 
and why do you people remember these /numbers/? And what's the deal with the 
stupid man system, and maybe it's time to /fix/ it, and maybe rm can be fixed 
while they're at it?
There's stuff above here

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