[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) writes: > I think the reason for the question might be for what purpose is the > lstat() call there? It is there to tell if the destination is a > directory and if so then it converts the rename to a rename to a > file in the subdirectory, also as required by POSIX.
There are actually two lstat calls; one for the directory, and one for the existing-destination check. Presumably one could be optimized away, if someone is ambitious. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
