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<h2 align=center>rmtest</h2>
<h4 align=center>OS/161 Reference Manual</h4>

<h3>Name</h3>
<p>
rmtest - test removing open files
</p>

<h3>Synopsis</h3>
<p>
<tt>/testbin/rmtest</tt>
</p>

<h3>Description</h3>
<p>
<tt>rmtest</tt> deletes a file while it's open and then attempts to do
further I/O to it, and tries to check that the right things happen.
</p>

<h3>Requirements</h3>
<p>
<tt>rmtest</tt> uses the following system calls:
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<li> <A HREF=../syscall/fork.html>fork</A>
<li> <A HREF=../syscall/execv.html>execv</A>
<li> <A HREF=../syscall/waitpid.html>waitpid</A>
<li> <A HREF=../syscall/open.html>open</A>
<li> <A HREF=../syscall/read.html>read</A>
<li> <A HREF=../syscall/write.html>write</A>
<li> <A HREF=../syscall/lseek.html>lseek</A>
<li> <A HREF=../syscall/close.html>close</A>
<li> <A HREF=../syscall/_exit.html>_exit</A>
</ul>
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<p>
<tt>rmtest</tt> also spawns a copy of
<A HREF=../bin/rm.html>/bin/rm</A>, which uses these system calls:
<ul>
<li> <A HREF=../syscall/remove.html>remove</A>
<li> <A HREF=../syscall/write.html>write</A>
<li> <A HREF=../syscall/_exit.html>_exit</A>
</ul>
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<p>
<tt>rmtest</tt> should run correctly once the file system assignment
is complete.
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<h3>Bugs</h3>
<p>
There's no particular reason it should use <tt>/bin/rm</tt> instead of
calling <A HREF=../syscall/remove.html>remove</A> itself. But I guess
it makes life more exciting.
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