> I think that, with a single instance of `rm`, not as written above,
> this would complete because all the open runtime libraries would
> remain mem-mapped until the last close. So, I think you could
> remove everything with -rf except the programs that will return
> 'text file busy' errors because they are open for execution.
Linux allows files that are being executing to be unlinked. You will
get ETXTBUSY if you open the file and try to modify it, though.
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