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Again, it depends on how the application accessing the file is developed. If your program just read to copy in memory then closes the file, waiting for the nex
by pjerem 5y ago
Again, it depends on how the application accessing the file is developed.
If your program just read to copy in memory then closes the file, waiting for the next save to reopen it, the OS can’t know on which file you are working. And this, i think, must be a pretty common implementation.
- userbinator 5y agoIf it closes the file, then it wouldn't be an open file?
- ghusbands 5y agoHere, I think "open" means "being worked on in some app", rather than "has an active file handle".