>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Citek <[email protected]> writes:

Robert> Greetings all, For a file that is open, but deleted, is there
Robert> a way to create a new filename for it given either the file
Robert> descriptor from the process or the inode?

Robert> Thus far, my Google searches suggest the answer is "no".  But
Robert> I find that hard to believe.

Check out debugfs or maybe one of the other tools in e2fsprogs
package.  This is assuming the filesystem is an ext2/3/4.

As long as the process doesn't let go of the inode, the storage won't
be reclaimed.


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