why do we use systemd?

[Norman Gaywood]

On 7 July 2014 08:34, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2014-07-06 at 13:01 -0700, David Benfell wrote:
>> *What*, for example, is "the usual meaning" of "file system objects?"
>> A
>> file? Why not just say "file?" And if the documentation really means
>> files
>> or pipes or devices, then why not say "files or pipes or devices?"
>
> I assume it means "something with a name in the filesystem".

What about a file without a name? :-)

If you delete all filenames of a file while it is opened by a process,
it still uses filesystem space but has no name.

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