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Subject: Re: rename() is sometimes unsafe on remote drives.
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From: Kazuhiro Fujieda <fujieda AT jaist DOT ac DOT jp>
Date: 18 Apr 2000 11:49:19 +0900
In-Reply-To: Chris Faylor's message of Mon, 17 Apr 2000 20:50:14 -0400
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>>> On Mon, 17 Apr 2000 20:50:14 -0400
>>> Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com> said:

> If, for some reason, the MoveFile of an existing
> file fails, the target file will be gone.  rename on UNIX doesn't work
> this way.

I have never been experienced this case. I tried to create the
case so MoveFile fails and removes the target file, but could
not. Can someone present an example of the case to me?
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