From the [Unix Power Tools, 3rd Edition](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0596003307): ***Instead of Removing a File, Empty It*** section:

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> If an active process has the file open (not uncommon for log files),
>  removing the file and creating a new one will not affect the logging
>  program; those messages **will just keep going to the file that’s no
>  longer linked**. Emptying the file doesn’t break the association, and so
>  it clears the file without affecting the logging program.
> 
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(**emphasis mine**)

I don't understand why a program will continue to log to a deleted file. Is it because the file descriptor entry not getting removed from the process table?