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File delete versus overwrite and link at /proc/pid/fd
It is well known that UNIX systems won't actually delete a file on disk while the file is in use. So if a file is being accessed by process 1 and process 2 deletes the file using rm, process 1 ...
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File descriptor linked to socket or pipe in proc [duplicate]
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/proc/PID/fd/X link number
i have a question regarding the file descriptors and their linkage in the proc file system. I've observed that if i list the file descriptors ...
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/proc/PID/fd/X link number
In Linux, in /proc/PID/fd/X, the links for file descriptors that are pipes or sockets have a number, like:
l-wx------ 1 user user 64 Mar 24 00:05 1 -> pipe:[6839]
l-wx------ 1 user user 64 Mar 24 ...
