Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:55:18 +0100 | From | Martin Mares <> | Subject | Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) |
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Hello!
> Just think about a program that checks a file that is on a removable media. > > This media is mounted via a vold service and someone removes the USB cable > and reinserts it a second later. The filesystem on the device will be mounted > on the same mount point but the device ID inside the system did change. > > As a result, the file unique identification st_ino/st_dev is not retained > and the program is confused.
And it would be equally confused if I inserted a different media instead.
Relying on stability of anything across mounts/umounts does not make any sense.
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