Re: cannot remove silly renamed files

[Peter Staubach <staubach@redhat.com>]

Topp, Kenneth wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've searched the archive but didn't find anything related.  2.6 
> doesn't allow you to delete .nfsXXX (silly renamed) files from the 
> host that has it open.  2.4 and solaris 2.X has allowed one to shoot 
> oneself in the foot.
>
> Can we update the code to do a rename twice then allow removal rather 
> then blocking it indefinitely?  The current code changes breaks expect 
> commands like "/bin/rm -rf dir/", which I'm sure is defined somewhere 
> in POSIX.
>

Actually, I don't think that Solaris allows the .nfs temporary files to be
removed either.  The unlink(2) system call may not fail, but all that the
client does is to rename the file to a new .nfs temporary name.

Part of the danger of allowing these files to be really removed is, as you
say, to allow you to shoot yourself in the foot.  However, it would also
allow someone else to shoot you in the foot, which wouldn't be so good.

I might suggest rearchitecting the solution which depends upon things like
"rm -fr dir" to work by renaming "dir" to something else and then 
proceeding.

       ps

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