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Windows provides an option for CreateFile to delete a file when the file is closed (FILE_FLAG_DELETE_ON_CLOSE.)
Host Extension Handling
Linux does not expose such an option as part of the open syscall. Instead the host extension remembers that the open request was made with the FILE_FLAG_ON_DELETE option and after closing a file issues the remove syscall on your behalf.
Linux does provide a delete-on-close like capability using the unlink or remove syscalls. Intentionally, the Host Extension does not open the file and then invoke unlink or remove. Linux allows a file open syscall, followed by a call to unlink or remove, and as long as a