in reply to Re3: Can you delete a file by descriptor?
in thread Can you delete a file by descriptor?

Nod. (BTW, this works because /dev/fd/ is a symlink to /proc/self/fd/, and /proc/self is (magicly) a symlink to /proc/(pid) for whatever process is following the link.

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