Running Job and Paused Job Writing to the same File

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So I ran tcpdump twice overnight by accident, both outputting to the same file. However, I ran them as jobs and one of them has been paused the whole time. Anyone have a recommendations on how to keep the file? So far I have thought of:

  1. kill -9 the paused job
  2. Pause the running job, copy the file, and then stop both.

Two sounds like the safest option, anyone have a better idea other than not doing this in the first place 😉

Answer

I’d make a backup of the file just in case, better to be safe than sorry!

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Source : Link , Question Author : Kyle Brandt , Answer Author : The Unix Janitor

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