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There used to be the "text file busy" error to prevent that from happening, where "text" refers to the code segment of an ELF binary, but I've seen the error fo
by tannhaeuser 7y ago
There used to be the "text file busy" error to prevent that from happening, where "text" refers to the code segment of an ELF binary, but I've seen the error for shell script "text" as well. Isn't there anymore?
- duskwuff 7y agoThat error only applies to executables that get mapped into memory while running -- which is to say, binary executables. Script executables have never had that behavior.
- tannhaeuser 7y agoThat makes sense, but I have faint memories of vi rejecting writes to running scripts. Maybe it was on Solaris or AIX.