Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 12:23:29 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Mark E. wrote:

> > Do you expect close()
> > to delete files that are marked for deletion? (which is what I assume)
> 
> Yes.
>  
> > And, if we're exiting anyway, do we really need to clean up so
> > carefully?  It's not a bad thing, just wondering if you're expecting
> > something unexpected.
> 
> If it's overkill, I can drop the cleanup. And if the whole patch is overkill, 
> I have no problem with flushing it.

I think that files marked to be deleted should be removed when the 
program exits.  Users expect all files to be closed on a normal exit, and 
they would expect temporary files to be removed on that occasion.  That's 
what Unix does with files that were removed but left open.