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From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [BUG] rename("symlink", "regular_file") has weird results
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On Mar  8 22:36, Max Bowsher wrote:
> Suppose "foo.tmp" is a symlink, and "foo" is a regular file.
> 
> Calling rename("foo.tmp", "foo") results in the very bizarre situation
> where, as far as Cygwin is concerned, there are TWO files called "foo"
> within the same directory.

Should be fixed now in CVS.


Corinna

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