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Re: lynx-dev bookmarks and remove()/COPY_PATH/MV_PATH (was: Win32 docs patch) |
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Tue, 20 Apr 1999 07:44:04 -0600 (MDT) |
In a recent note, Klaus Weide said:
> Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 08:09:12 -0500 (CDT)
>
> Maybe, although using rename() for situations where it does work would
> be preferable, even for Unix. [Maybe there are some situations involving
> symlinks where rename would be bad.]
>
Not only symlinks, but even more, hard links can give problems here.
Some applications refuse to manipulate multiply-linked files for
this reason.
And rename may cause undesired changes to file permissions. I
submitted a patch regarding this quite a while back, which was
partially integrated.
And there's the possibility that in a captive account the
user may have authority to update a file but not to change the
directory containing it.
-- gil
- Re: lynx-dev Lynx and downloading files, (continued)
- Re: lynx-dev Lynx and downloading files, pg, 1999/04/18
- Re: lynx-dev Lynx and downloading files, Don Adaway, 1999/04/18
- Re: lynx-dev Win32 docs patch (was: Lynx and downloading files), Leonid Pauzner, 1999/04/19
- Re: lynx-dev Win32 docs patch (was: Lynx and downloading files), Doug Kaufman, 1999/04/19
- Re: lynx-dev Win32 docs patch (was: Lynx and downloading files), Leonid Pauzner, 1999/04/20
- lynx-dev bookmarks and remove()/COPY_PATH/MV_PATH (was: Win32 docs patch), Klaus Weide, 1999/04/20
- Re: lynx-dev bookmarks and remove()/COPY_PATH/MV_PATH (was: Win32 docs patch),
pg <=
- Re: lynx-dev bookmarks and remove()/COPY_PATH/MV_PATH (was: Win32 docs patch), Klaus Weide, 1999/04/20
- Re: lynx-dev Win32 docs patch (was: Lynx and downloading files), Don Adaway, 1999/04/20
- Re: lynx-dev Win32 docs patch, Philip Webb, 1999/04/20
- Re: lynx-dev Win32 docs patch (was: Lynx and downloading files), Leonid Pauzner, 1999/04/20