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From: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
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Hi,

> That breaks one of the main uses, creating with open a temporary file
> in /tmp, unlinking it, then later hooking it up somewhere else in the
> filesystem.

I wouldn't rely on this functionality, not all filesystems might like it 
to have to recreate a deleted fs entry. Most filesystems should be able to 
do this, but all fs drivers have to be checked, that they do the right 
thing.

bye, Roman