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On Linux it just sticks around as a ghost until it’s closed. Less noticeable but frustrating in its own way.
Allows the very important ‘overwrite files while they’re open’ functionality used during update. Write all the new files for a service then restart it. No need to reboot the whole machine for that.
Looking at you, Windows, and your bullshit scheduled reboots.
install powertoys, there’s an addon called file locksmith that does exactly that
Same when you try to remove an external drive.
And on Kubuntu it’s always endlessly writing to the drive, but it doesn’t say what process is doing it and there’s no way to figure it out.
To be fair, this happens to me also in Debian Gnome, but very very rarely. On Windows, it keeps me from ejecting the drive until after I try it 4-5 times. Every time. In any case, lsof can help identify the culprit.
lsof | grep DRIVENAMEshould give which program is keeping it.That didn’t come up in my searching, I’ll try it next time.
