[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #49214] Readline library does not support writing to Windows files with "hidden" attribute

[Mike Miller]

Follow-up Comment #20, bug #49214 (project octave):

Ok, then that's exactly what readline is doing.

Readline has a write_history() function and a append_history() function, each
of which map to the "history -w" and "history -a" commands. When Octave exits
it does write_history, which overwrites the file. This is what is failing.

I expect that this would affect any program, whether it's C++, Octave, or
Python, attempting to overwrite an existing hidden file.

I'd mark this as completely won't fix, talk to Microsoft about fixing it if
you want this changed :)

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