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Re: [PATCH 4/5] [mingw]: Delete existing target file before attempting r
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Jan Nieuwenhuizen |
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Re: [PATCH 4/5] [mingw]: Delete existing target file before attempting rename. |
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Fri, 20 May 2011 16:05:26 +0200 |
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Andy Wingo writes:
> This patch has the obvious race condition.
Yes.
> Why does the `rename' library routine not work on Win32?
Good question.
> The man page says
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> CONFORMING TO
> 4.3BSD, C89, C99, POSIX.1-2001.
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> so I am surprised about this behavior.
Yes, that's interesting. Now what's broken here, the documentation, the
implementation, some specific implementation, the one windows box that
I tested on?
Greetings,
Jan.
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