On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 12:28:05AM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2010-10-23 at 19:41 -0700, Suvayu Ali wrote: > > When the script executes the above command, another file descriptor is > > opened under the pid for tail. This stays linked to the (deleted) > > /tmp/FlashXXXX file even after the link under the browser's pid has > > been deleted and inotify keeps waiting for the original file to be > > deleted! > > Perhaps, but even after killing the grab-flash process the /tmp/Flash* > file still hangs around for a while, so something else is going on. Some > more experimentation is needed. > > [... time passes ...] > > OK, I took another look and it seems we are talking at cross purposes > here. On my system, using both Firefox and Chromium, the Flash plugin > does *not* delete the buffer file when it has finished playing. The file > only disappears when another file is opened or the browser terminates. > > This is on F13 using the 64-bit flash plugin in > libflashplayer-10.0.d20.7.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz (from Adobe). > In my setup I am using F13 64-bit flash plugin which is distributed by Adobe in the file flashplayer_square_p2_64bit_linux_092710.tar.gz Under about:plugins this shows as, (similar behaviour with Google Chrome) Shockwave Flash 10.2 d161 I think for my (and most likely the OP's) version of flash plugin, the /tmp file behaviour has changed. The file is unlinked as soon as it is created although the plugin keeps writing to it. And it disappears the moment I *close* the browser tab playing the flash content. > If this is a different setup from what you have, I apologize for wasting > everyone's time. > Not to worry, this has been a very educational discussion for me. :) > poc > Suvayu -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines