Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 12:45:39 +0200
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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> From: "Mark E." <snowball3 AT bigfoot DOT com>
> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 00:58:40 -0500
> 
> it says that a file opened with the flag is to be deleted after all
> handles are closed, including handles opened without the flag.

Did they tell on what OS is that?

NT and W2K will automatically delay the removal of a file until its
last handle is closed (like Unix does).  Windows 9X simply fails the
remove call if a file is open, so the file remains undeleted.  DOS
blindly deletes the file and corrupts the FAT.  If we want the
behavior you described on all platforms, we will have to do that
explicitly.

So I guess this all means you need to handle normal open for a file
which is open with O_TEMPORARY as if it were a `dup' call, right?