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Date:	Wed, 16 Aug 2000 11:02:24 +0200
From:	Laurynas Biveinis <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
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To:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
CC:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Patch: open() adjustment for symlinks
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Also note that the special precautions that `open' takes not to fail
> in the case of a file that's open by another program on Windows, in
> this fragment:
> aren't in __solve_symlinks, sop `open' might fail inside
> __solve_symlinks in these cases.

One more thing is unclear: in open() there is another _open() call, if
the first fail. I assume it is OK to get away with single _open() call
in readlink(), if it has SH_DENYNO set?

Laurynas

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