Re: Text file busy (26) overwriting in-use files from tmpfs

From: Pavel Roskin <proski gnu org>
To: Frédéric L. W. Meunier <lists1 pervalidus net>
Cc: mc gnome org
Subject: Re: Text file busy (26) overwriting in-use files from tmpfs
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:52:13 -0400 (EDT)

On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, [ISO-8859-1] Fr?d?ric L. W. Meunier wrote:

Overwritin in-use files with F5 or F6 seems to work from all
filesystems except tmpfs.

I get Text file busy (26) with mc, but mv and cp work.

Latest CVS. Is this a bug ?


cp and mv remove the destination file.  mc opens the existing file for
writing.  You can always remove the original file first if you want.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin

References:
- Text file busy (26) overwriting in-use files from tmpfs
  - From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fr=E9d=E9ric_L=2E_W=2E_Meunier?=

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