From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Md8LA-0000rn-6V for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:58:00 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Md8L5-0000pk-K5 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:57:59 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52974 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Md8L5-0000ph-EX for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:57:55 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f210.google.com ([209.85.219.210]:58525) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Md8L4-0004QD-TK for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:57:55 -0400 Received: by ewy6 with SMTP id 6so1599930ewy.34 for ; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:57:53 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:57:52 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Qemu snapshot mode: /tmp/vl.xxx file missing? From: Atoosah Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015174c35043a5af104715bd1be List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Mulyadi Santosa Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org --0015174c35043a5af104715bd1be Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thank you! Found the deleted file via "lsof" command. -Atoosaah On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:47 AM, Mulyadi Santosa wrote: > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:53 PM, Atoosah wrote: > > When using the -snapshot mode of Qemu, shouldn't the vl.xxx file that is > > created be visible in the host /tmp directory? > > IIRC, the trick is to create (open) the file and write to it...but > Qemu also unlink it as soon as it is created. > > This way, the file become invisible but still accessible until Qemu close > it > > You might want to read "man 2 unlink" for further explanation. > > -- > regards, > > Mulyadi Santosa > Freelance Linux trainer > blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com > --0015174c35043a5af104715bd1be Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Thank you! Found=A0the=A0deleted=A0file via=A0"lsof&quo= t; command.

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On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:47 = AM, Mulyadi Santosa <mulyadi.santosa@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 1= 1:53 PM, Atoosah<atoosaah@gmail.co= m> wrote:
> When using the -snapshot mode of Qemu, shouldn't the vl.xxx file t= hat is
> created be visible in the host /tmp directory?

IIRC, the trick is to create (open) the file and write to it...but Qemu also unlink it as soon as it is created.

This way, the file become invisible but still accessible until Qemu close i= t

You might want to read "man 2 unlink" for further explanation.
--
regards,

Mulyadi Santosa
Freelance Linux trainer
blog: the-hydra= .blogspot.com

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