Date:	Fri, 17 Aug 2001 11:58:53 +0300
From:	"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject:	Re: Win2K : what about _creat* ?
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> From: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 22:29:09 -0500 (CDT)
>
> + if(_osmajor == 5 && _USE_LFN && _dos_get_version(1) == 0x532)
> + {
> +   _close(r.x.ax);
> +   return _open(filename, 2);
> + }

I suggest the other way around: open first, then close the LFN
handle.  This way, you minimize the risk of something removing the
file in between.  (You might need to fsync the handle before the call
to _open, though.)

> Thoughts?  5 lines of code for each one, and it puts all the work on
> the _open already written.

I agree.

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