File moved while being written to, write continues, how is that possible?

[Bo Berglund]

On Wed, 10 Mar 2021 06:59:14 +0100, Bo Berglund <bo.berglund at gmail.com> wrote:

>So now I wonder if this is a built-in feature of Linux generally or is it caused
>by the fact that the location of the file is on an NFS share on an Ubuntu 18
>file server?

Thanks Volker, Karl & Oliver!

It mystified me a lot when I saw this but it is really a good feature IMHO!
Good to know that mistakes like the one I made when moving a bunch of videos
accidentally including the one just being downloaded are not fatal!


-- 
Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden