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FromBodo Rueskamp <>
SubjectRe: Improving the Unix API
DateMon, 28 Jun 1999 09:23:13 +0200 (CEST)

> >> flink (make a new directory link for file given by descriptor),
> flink() combined with the ability to create an unlinked file
> in a given filesystem would allow for safe temporaries
> without race conditions, that could be "published" when ready.

The System V people (Solaris, Unixware) call this fattach().

; Bodo

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