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Re: info segfaults when the file being viewed is replaced
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: info segfaults when the file being viewed is replaced |
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Mon, 08 Jun 2015 22:21:33 +0300 |
> From: Benno Schulenberg <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2015 21:09:29 +0200
> Cc: Texinfo <address@hidden>
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> It did suprise me, though, that info didn't keep the file open
> during the whole time it was being viewed.
It could easily run out of file descriptors if it did. Plus, on some
systems, keeping the file open actually prevents other programs from
rewriting it, deleting its directory, etc. Nasty.