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

[J.Witvliet at mindef.nl]

From: "Bo Berglund" <bo.berglund at gmail.com<mailto:bo.berglund at gmail.com>>
Date: Wednesday, 10 March 2021 at 09:59:15
To: "ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com<mailto:ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>>
Subject: Re: File moved while being written to, write continues, how is that possible?

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!

Feature?
Non intended. So never depend on it.
And the behavior might vary on different type of filesystems.


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!


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Bo Berglund
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