Subject: Re: rename and unlink in cygwin32
From: [email-masked] (Christopher G. Faylor)

16 Sep 1998 04:11:35 GMT
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In article <[email-masked]>,
Stephen Marley <[email-masked]> wrote:
>Could someone please describe how cygwin32 allows open files to be
>renamed and unlinked under Win32? (This is illegal in the native api).

Currently, if unlink() fails with the appropriate error, the filename
is placed in a queue for deletion at some future time.

>Are temporary files involved?

Nope.

>How robust is the scheme?

Not very.
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