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From: "Nellis, Kenneth (Conduent)" <Kenneth.Nellis@conduent.com>
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Subject: RE: rename() cannot replace the file which is opened with writable access
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:30:13 +0000
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From: Masamichi Hosoda
> If I understand correctly,
> POSIX behavior should be able to replace the writable opened file by
> rename().
> But, It does not work on my Cygwin environment.
> 
> Is it no problem if Cygwin's behavior is different from POSIX behavior?
> If so, we need different application handling for Cygwin and POSIX.

I thought it would be informative to respond by referring the OP
to a section of the Cygwin User's Guide or FAQ that mentioned the
limitations of Cygwin, but I could not find it.

--Ken Nellis

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