From:	"Mark E." <snowball3 AT bigfoot DOT com>
To:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Date:	Fri, 16 Feb 2001 00:58:40 -0500
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Subject:	Re: O_TEMPORARY
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> Another aspect that I think needs to be considered is the situation
> where the same file is opened once with O_TEMPORARY, and then again
> without O_TEMPORARY.  Do we want the file to be removed when the first
> (temporary) handle is closed?  (This is one reason why I asked above
> about the docs of this feature on other platforms.)

I think I can now answer this question. While downloading the packages needed 
for mingw, I accessed the online MSDN. It's tempting to cut-n-paste the 
documentation for FILE_FLAG_DELETE_ON_CLOSE, but no telling what terms and 
conditions have been placed on reproducing portions of it. But in essence it 
says that a file opened with the flag is to be deleted after all handles are 
closed, including handles opened without the flag.

Mark

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