Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: A Crystal Clear Statement of the Path problem

[Andrew Suffield]

On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 10:06:47AM -0700, Tom Lord wrote:
> The other issue is atomicity of `rename'.   To get it right, you'll
> need to build a `link' chain from the source path to destination path,
> and then unlink the original and link chain.

This requires win2k and ntfs3[0] or later. It will not work on windows
4.x or earlier, or on vfat. I don't believe it will work on NT 4.x or
earlier.

[0] I think it's version 3, anyway. Don't quote me on that.

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