The discussion revolves around the behavior of a computer system when attempting to write data to a hard drive that is completely full. It includes considerations of operating system responses and programming implications, particularly in the context of a Fortran program.
Participants generally agree that writing to a full hard drive will result in a failure of the write command, but there is some debate about the specifics of how different operating systems handle such situations.
The discussion does not resolve the nuances of how various operating systems manage write requests when disk space is exhausted, nor does it explore the implications for data integrity or recovery.
JoAuSc said:Let's say you're running a Fortran program that writes to the hard drive. What happens when the hard drive is completely full? Do other files get written over?