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Re: Create NSStrings from a mapped NSData object - safe?

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Re: Create NSStrings from a mapped NSData object - safe?

Subject: Re: Create NSStrings from a mapped NSData object - safe?
From: Andrew Farmer <email@hidden>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 22:01:46 -0700

On 15 May 08, at 09:42, Dennis Munsie wrote:

It doesn't move the file -- it removes the entry for it in the
directory.  Once the reference count for it go to 0, then it gets
"removed" from the filesystem -- i.e, it's space on the filesystem
gets marked as being available.

On a standard UNIX filesystem, this is the case. HFS and HFS+ are a little weird, though - files don't exist separately from their directory entries, so hardlinked files and deleted-but-still-open files are stored in an inaccessible directory ("\0\0\0\0HFS+ Private Data"). _______________________________________________

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  >Re: Create NSStrings from a mapped NSData object - safe? (From: Mike Fischer <email@hidden>)
  >Re: Create NSStrings from a mapped NSData object - safe? (From: Jean-Daniel Dupas <email@hidden>)
  >Re: Create NSStrings from a mapped NSData object - safe? (From: "Dennis Munsie" <email@hidden>)




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