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nevyn/FILE writes to inode, not path

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FILE writes to inode, not path
11:36:03 nevyn:Desktop$ ccons
>>> #include <stdio.h>
>>> FILE *f = fopen("foo.txt", "w");
>>> fprintf(f, "hej\n");
=> (int) 4
>>> fflush(f);
=> (int) 0
// Here, I moved the file from the desktop to my home folder
>>> fprintf(f, "hej\n");
=> (int) 4
>>> fflush(f);
=> (int) 0
>>> ^D
11:39:32 nevyn:Desktop$ cat ~/foo.txt
hej
hej
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