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I find the persimitic locking model of NT handles to a fundamental design flaw in NT. is this something that came from VMS. Sure the unix model of ‘user must h
by diroussel 8y ago
I find the persimitic locking model of NT handles to a fundamental design flaw in NT. is this something that came from VMS.
Sure the unix model of ‘user must handle errors’ is a pain, but it leads to more flexibility in the long run.
- kyberias 8y agoCare to elaborate on this pessimistic locking model of NT handles?
- marcthe12 8y agoBasic you cannot write a file in use.
- icedchai 8y agoPretty sure it came from DOS. This behavior existed in Windows 95 and earlier.
- ratsmack 8y agoIt didn't. I was admin on a VAX 11/780 back around 1980. One day I noticed two directories contained the same files and assumed they were duplicate do I deleted one copy to open up some disk space (we were using RM80 disks). Then I noticed that the files had disappeared from both folders, because they were hard linked. I was like "oh shit" because they were system files. I called support and they helped restore the files from tape and then I rebooted. So I can honestly say that VMS is very similar to Unix in that respect.
- kyberias 8y agoHaving hard links in the file system has nothing to do with whether handles can be shared.