From: eplmst AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se (Martin Stromberg)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: 9$$DJREN.$$T  Rename bug?
Date: 3 Jun 2002 07:41:39 GMT
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Peter Cassidy (peter DOT cassidy DOT ps AT rocksoft DOT com) wrote:
: I have a DOS application that uses the djgpp libc libraries, and throws
: files around a bit (writing to temporary files and renaming them to the
: final name).  Occasionally (and seemingly at random) I end up with the file
: 9$$DJREN.$$T floating around.

: Now I have found the code in 'rename' that produces this file (it's a
: temporary that rename uses), and it looks like it occurs when the file can
: be renamed to the temp name but then not renamed to the final name.

: So my question is: under what circumstances would this happen?  Is it my
: fault and I need to use the 'rename' call in a different way?  Or does it
: indicate a bug in the djgpp libraries?

How about showing us what the file names in question (the ones in
_your_ code) are?


Right,

						MartinS