If you link the original file to a backup filename then even while another process deletes the file you can still view the original content plus your additions by using the backup filename. One could even restore the original file, see example below: 
use strict;
use warnings;

my $filename = 'logfile.txt';
my $backupfile = 'logfile.backup';

open(my $handle, '>>', $filename) or die;
link $filename, $backupfile;
unlink($filename);
print $handle "First line\n";
syswrite($handle, "Second line\n");
close($handle);
rename $backupfile,$filename; # ok to fail if $filename still exists
unlink $backupfile;

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Note that while your filehandle remains open you can still write to the deleted file. Deleted files will not be visible in directory listings but the open handle would show up on the systems list of open handles (e.g. the command lsof in Lunix and Unix systems would reveal them, provided you have enough system privileges).
And yes, while you keep writing to that file it will occupy more and more space on disk, a little nightmare for inexperienced system administrators that see disk usage grow and do not know why.

In reply to Re: Logging to a filehandle of a deleted file by varian
in thread Logging to a filehandle of a deleted file by Marcello

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