title: lsof showing unlinked file for more than one process
body: <p>can anyone explain how unlinked file can be held by more than one process? currently I see four processes for the same inode 1543</p>
  
  <pre><code># /usr/local/bin/lsof +aL1 /dev/vg00/lvol4
  
  Xvnc      20622 p32adm    2u   REG 64,0x40004 4587683840     0 1543 /home (/dev/vg00/lvol4)
  vncconfig 20649 p32adm    1u   REG 64,0x40004 4587683840     0 1543 /home (/dev/vg00/lvol4)
  vncconfig 20649 p32adm    2u   REG 64,0x40004 4587683840     0 1543 /home (/dev/vg00/lvol4)
  xterm     20650 p32adm    1u   REG 64,0x40004 4587683840     0 1543 /home (/dev/vg00/lvol4)
  xterm     20650 p32adm    2u   REG 64,0x40004 4587683840     0 1543 /home (/dev/vg00/lvol4)
  twm       20651 p32adm    1u   REG 64,0x40004 4587683840     0 1543 /home (/dev/vg00/lvol4)
  twm       20651 p32adm    2u   REG 64,0x40004 4587683840     0 1543 /home (/dev/vg00/lvol4)
  </code></pre>