See if you can find it and get everyone to use it quickly please! ;-) Larry
Original Message: ----------------- From: Shankar Unni [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 11:17:39 -0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Bug in rm -r with locked files Larry Hall writes: >>Now why was it important to do this "delayed remove" semantics? > [...] the current behavior is meant to combat the "my script/program > deletes the file/directory then tries to recreate it - why isn't the > file/directory deleted when unlink() returns?" issue. Ah. I hate those tools that do that wonderful "create temp file, open it, and unlink it" dance. I'm not convinced that there aren't other ways to "secure the app" that are more friendly and portable.. Thanks, -- Shankar -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
