Re: [Hurd-NG] Error in dir_rename pseudo-code

[Marcus Brinkmann]

At Wed, 26 Apr 2006 17:26:09 +0200,
Pierre THIERRY <address@hidden> wrote:
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> Scribit Marcus Brinkmann dies 26/04/2006 hora 14:51:
> > This only checks for exact identity.  But a server may give out
> > different capabiilities to the same directory, notably if they convey
> > permissions.
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> Oh shit, I forgot. Would it be unsafe to unlink first?

Hell, no ;) This opens up a race that was the reason for Unix to
introduce rename() in the first place, back in the stone age.

Thanks,
Marcus