The client that does the rename should delete the file once it's been closed by the client process. This delete might not occur if the client is dsiconnected, rebooted, or the process that would issue...The client that does the rename should delete the file once it's been closed by the client process. This delete might not occur if the client is dsiconnected, rebooted, or the process that would issue the delete is terminated If a remove results in a new .nfsxxxx file then a process on that NFS client has the file open From the NFS client, create a file in the mounted NFS share and open it with the tail command Remove the file foo to make the NFS client create the .nfsxxxx file