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From: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
To: "Earnie Boyd" <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>, <ajp AT eutechnyx DOT com>,
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Subject: Re: renaming open files
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 08:12:26 +1100
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Earnie Boyd" <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
To: <ajp AT eutechnyx DOT com>; <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 2:06 AM
Subject: Re: renaming open files


> --- Andrew Perella <ajp AT eutechnyx DOT com> wrote:
> > Is there a version of cygwin that allows renaming of open files?
>
> Impossible.  It is a limitation of the filesystem.
>

theoretical question: would a file system filter be able to achieve this (on
for files open via programs linked to cygwin1.dll)


Rob


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