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Old 06-05-2005, 06:33 AM   #1
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file modification in linux


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Can anyone please tell me how linux saves a file(one that was already saved and is changed now). Does it simply overwrite the entire file or only overwrite the part that was changed.
 
Old 06-05-2005, 07:11 AM   #2
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That depends on how the file was opened. The open() system call depends accepts flags that determine how the file will be handled. Have a look at the open() manual page to see what flags are available:

man 2 open

The developer of an application could have decided to append to a file, change the file, or completely rewrite a file from a buffer.
 
Old 06-05-2005, 07:20 AM   #3
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Thanks for the suggestion. But my question was what the linux kernel does when asked to save a file( for eg: a text document which was modified )
 
Old 06-05-2005, 09:02 AM   #4
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... my question was what the linux kernel does when asked to save a file ...
See File handling in the Linux kernel for a detailed complete description. According to the author you will need the following to understand:
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... a working knowledge of C, and an understanding of the general principles of operating system design.
Hope that helps.
 
  


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