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Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 12:02:57 +0200
From: Laurynas Biveinis <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: Patch: open() adjustment for symlinks
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> I'm not sure I understand how readlink is going to call _open, but
> opening a file with SH_DENYNO as the default is not always a good
> idea.  Take a look at the table of sharing behavior in RBIL, under
> function 3Dh of Int 21: at least for SHARE.EXE it seems to say that,
> if the file is open by another program in compatibility mode, and you
> open it with SH_DENYNO, it fails if the file is not read-only
> (whatever that means), even if, like in readlink, you open the file
> for read-only access.

Yes, I can see all the mess in the table. I will make two-step open
in readlink() too. Thanks for clarifying.

Laurynas