>>>>> "Dave" == Dave Horsfall <dave@esi.com.au> writes: Dave> Sounds like it's time to implement anonymous files - sort of Dave> like an atomic creat()/unlink() (which was mentioned as far Dave> back as Edition 5)... This can create all kinds of problems for systems managers, unless good toos for auditing anonynmous file usage are also built. Filesystems full of unlinked-but-open files are a leading source of ulcers among junior SAs I have known. -Rens