Linux/Unix use file inodes which allow renaming and internally moving files during write access, which is liberating, convenient, and awesome.

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Linux/Unix use file inodes which allow renaming and internally moving files during write access, which is liberating, convenient, and awesome. (linoxide.com)

This allows me to move a downloading file to the target directory and rename it immediately, rather than having to wait for it to finish and hoping not to have forgotten it by then.

I cherish this.

This allows me to move a downloading file to the target directory and rename it immediately, rather than having to wait for it to finish and hoping not to have forgotten it by then. I cherish this.

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