Why Delete is Just another Fancy word
Nov 1 · 6 min read

Thought you deleted your file? Think again… Here’s an overview of what I’ve learned over the past week while trying to delete a file on a Linux machine as part of my Insurance Tax Validator project. ☁️
When the computer deletes the file, it deletes the file reference. After removing the link (title, table of contents) to the file, the computer no longer sees it. The space occupied by the file is no…


