An invincible file

Fri Mar 18 19:29:20 UTC 2011

On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 11:11:52AM -0700, Tyler Aviss wrote:
> Got it... the directory itself was somehow immutable. I didn't even
> realize this was possible, as chattr(1) only mentions files having the
> immutable attribute.

Which part of "everything is a file" in the unix philosophy did you miss? :)

Makes sense actually.  To delete a file or rename it is a change to the
contents of the directory file.  Hadn't thought of it though.

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