Re: [Mldonkey-users] problem with old temp files...

[Lionel Bouton]

Martin wrote the following on 12/07/2003 03:14 PM :

> kami petersen wrote...
>  
>
> > i have the same problem quite often. mldonkey used to be more tidy, 
> > what's happened?
> >    
>
> This usually happens when you cancel a file mldonkey is currently
> downloading and that has active sources transferring. mldonkey cancels
> and deletes the file but if a source is still sending data your os
> will make the file reappear...
>
>  

The OS (Unix at least) won't do this. Once unlinked the file data is 
still allocate on disk until the last reader/writer close it but the 
file itself won't reappear unless you link it to a directory. Somehow it 
must be either mldonkey or Ocaml that explicitly relinks an open file to 
the directory before the last reader or writer close it.

LB.