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by yrro 1012 days ago
'Sooner or later' means 'until the file is no longer open'.
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dataflow 1012 days ago
Yes? And that might not happen until you log off or shut down the OS.
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yrro 1012 days ago
But it doesn't have to. Space is freed up deterministically, not "sooner or later".
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dataflow 1012 days ago
What? Space can't be freed up while the file is in use. The process is using the file, the data needs to be there...
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