X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:from:to:subject:date:message-id:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :mime-version; q=dns; s=default; b=ShOAaPsJx9Pej+fGQB6ckk/xwDQsD 3UeRmMYZxEQJJpnnwzrfN0aK6WLQbUGxdfwh6xl1tRWSDEeI1bpTuka1mXoOAW9h ZS7K+659tA6fDOZ2YVqDZ7r57W7RmqB2JFa+MH0MO5J/2ozyEoi7Qm1azDNckUtE qDoCE8DCRWkmZE= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:from:to:subject:date:message-id:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :mime-version; s=default; bh=Odh3EiGrq09wI49gcxkufPys5qU=; b=fdF S9uMIAumOo2/84GCqnP1scNYeYTX06Vvv/a8ydQalFGhDnCxBZFX8DlFyWvsXllT 8hgQEEOr8oI+lSVraxiputoQB2eP7naK6aeVt3OjKJWuxVisJCF+/SR8oC2gvx+5 9qZVq5ex7u9oBq6lZNp0ew5m1syzLtlUsflJdmmw= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=informative, Hx-languages-length:600, respond X-HELO: USA7109MR002.ACS-INC.COM From: "Nellis, Kenneth (Conduent)" To: "cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" Subject: RE: rename() cannot replace the file which is opened with writable access Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:30:13 +0000 Message-ID: <0D835E9B9CD07F40A48423F80D3B5A704BBD9592@USA7109MB022.na.xerox.net> References: <20170112 DOT 234135 DOT 194683198576068158 DOT trueroad AT trueroad DOT jp> In-Reply-To: <20170112.234135.194683198576068158.trueroad@trueroad.jp> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id v0CFUVkp000989 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 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple