X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to djgpp-bounces using -f Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 17:09:47 -0400 Message-Id: <200905302109.n4UL9lSG029239@envy.delorie.com> From: DJ Delorie To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com In-reply-to: <4cc1f101-88b2-4cda-a7b5-b01eaa9a77bf AT c9g2000yqm DOT googlegroups DOT com> (message from Juan Manuel Guerrero on Sat, 30 May 2009 13:51:40 -0700 (PDT)) Subject: Re: Using rename() with files still opened. References: <4cc1f101-88b2-4cda-a7b5-b01eaa9a77bf AT c9g2000yqm DOT googlegroups DOT com> Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com This is the way DOS works - files and their names are tightly linked; whereas on Linux files and their names are only loosely linked.