On Wed, 2014-07-09 at 09:49 +1000, Norman Gaywood wrote:
On 7 July 2014 08:34, Patrick O'Callaghan
<pocallaghan(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2014-07-06 at 13:01 -0700, David Benfell wrote:
>> *What*, for example, is "the usual meaning" of "file system
objects?"
>> A
>> file? Why not just say "file?" And if the documentation really means
>> files
>> or pipes or devices, then why not say "files or pipes or devices?"
>
> I assume it means "something with a name in the filesystem".
What about a file without a name? :-)
If you delete all filenames of a file while it is opened by a process,
it still uses filesystem space but has no name.
I know, but we're talking about things which can be referred to from
elsewhere, meaning they have a name.
poc